Beaulieu / Beaulieu in Clamecy
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03696BEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: ca. 1500?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sparoissiale aint-Michel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: 15th-16thC tower; restored 19thC
Church Address: place de l'Eglise, 58420 Beaulieu, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 5 km from Brinon-sur-Beuvron, arrondiss.of and 28 km from Clamecy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Notes:
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The entry for this village in Georges, comte de Soultrai's Répertoire archéologique du département de la Nièvre [...] (Paris, 1875): 31, notes: "Tabernacle fort simple du XVIe siècle [...]; fonts de la même époque, décorés de moulures." Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre. Chalice shaped octagonal font date to the 16th century. The sides of the basin alternate ornamentation of large quatrefoil with Ogee trilobed windows. The plain underbowl is also octagonal and molds into the narrow of the base to become round and wider at the foot, which is also plain. It has a cover that is either metal or covered in silver metal paint.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, pierre de Dompierre
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: metal or painted wood
Notes: The lid appears to be either metal or wood painted with silver paint
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 43