Chitry-les-Mines

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design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches

design element - motifs - vine - grape

Scene Description: "Guirlande de pampres" a/p Patrimoine..Nièvres, 1999, v. 1, p. 304

INFORMATION

FontID: 03542CHI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Chitry-les-Mines
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 58800 Chitry-les-Mines, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D977BIS, 2-3 km W of Corbigny, about 30 km SSW of Clamecy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century,
Church Notes: 15thC church; modified 16th, 19thC
Polygonal basin has the corners trimmed and the panels of the basin sides ornamented with Ogee trefoil windows; under the wide rim, a grapevine all around ["guirlande de pampres"]. The basin still has much of the paint on it, greens and blues mostly. The inside well of the basin is divided into two compartments. The base is round and ornamented with several mouldings. (Patrimoine…, Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, p. 304-305). Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as being a 16th century font. Described in Fondation du Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/eglise-saint-martin-a-chitry-les-mines/79575] [accessed 7 April 2025]: "Les fonds baptismaux en pierre, à pans coupés sont décorés de moulures, de petits contreforts et de guirlandes."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.260647, 3.650444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 15′ 38.33″ N, 3° 39′ 1.6″ E
UTM: 31T 549209 5234335

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (square?)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Notes: There is a wooden cover with new hinges, but there is also the old loop of the original locking system

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882