Arbourse / Arbourze / Arbouse / Arbussa
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03538ARB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1597
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: present church mid-19thC replaced a Romanesque one that was located near the castle
Church Address: 58350 Arbourse, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D26, W of the D2, 35-40 km N of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the earlier Romanesque church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as being from 1597. 'Église du village d’Arbourse' par P.PH, 21 January 2014, in Canton Prémery, Églises [www.web-croqueur.fr/eglise-village-darbouse/] [accessed 12 December 2019] reports "les fonts baptismaux qui portent une inscription datée du 2 décembre 1597" and a holy-water stoup of the 1930s in this church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 517238 5232938
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Text: [2 December 1597]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 131