Beaulieu / Beaulieu in Clamecy

Results: 2 records

design element - architectural - arcade - Ogee arches - blind

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin

design element - motifs - quatrefoil

Scene Description: on alternate sides of the octagonal basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 03696BEA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sparoissiale aint-Michel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 58420 Beaulieu, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1500?
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: 15th-16thC tower; restored 19thC
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