Vareilles

INFORMATION

FontID: 03571VAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Vareilles
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin
Church Location: 71800 Vareilles, France
Country Name: France
Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D989, about 20 km E of Marcigny, about 90 km NNW of Lyon
Historical Region: Le Brionnais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1554
Century and Period: 16th century(mid)
Church Notes: 11thC(?) church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113518]: "4e quart 12e siècle
Font Notes:
Described in Corblet (1881-1882) as being an oblong font with an inscription [cf. Inscription]; he gives the date as 1554, but it is not clear whether or not the date is part of the text of the inscription..

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.298056, 4.260278
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 17′ 53″ N, 4° 15′ 37″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 100 cm (length)
Notes on Measurements: Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 144

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Notes: "en belles capitales romaines", but it is not clear whether the date is part of the inscription
Inscription Location: unknown
Inscription Text: "FAICT POUR VAREILLES, 1554"
Inscription Source: Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 144

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882