Devay

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03542DEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Victor de Devay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Victor
Church Address: 2 Rue des Cocons, 58300 Devay, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D979, 5 km ESE of Decize, about 35 km SE of Nvers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Notes:
Described in Corblet (1881-1882) as an oblong font decorated on one of its sides with three arcades "cintrées en creux" and, on the other sides, nine circle motifs; Corblet dates it to the 12th century.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 541624 5183863
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.80701, 3.545537
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 48′ 25.24″ N, 3° 32′ 43.93″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

  • Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 131-132