Devay
Results: 2 records
design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: On one side of the basin
design element - motifs - circle
Scene Description: Nine of them on three of the sides of the basin
INFORMATION
FontID: 03542DEV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Victor de Devay
Church Patron Saints: St. Victor
Church Location: 2 Rue des Cocons, 58300 Devay, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D979, 5 km ESE of Decize, about 35 km SE of Nvers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
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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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.80701, 3.545537
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 48′ 25.24″ N, 3° 32′ 43.93″ E
UTM: 31T 541624 5183863
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