Challement
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint Hilaire de Challement."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chau7, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 15 June 2014 by Chau7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Hilaire_Challement_04.JPG] [accessed 14 April 2025]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux"
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Image Source: digital photograph 2019 by Damien Peron [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA058_20205800041] [accessed 14 April 2025]
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view of stoup
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2019 by Damien Peron [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA058_20205800042] [accessed 14 April 2025]
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view of stoup
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 2019 by Damien Peron [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA058_20205800043] [accessed 14 April 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 03698CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Hilaire de Challement
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Location: Le Bourg, 58420 Challement, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D128, 9-10 km NE of Brinon-sur-Beuvron, 18-19 km SSE of Clamecy.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112819]: "16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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A baptismal font of the 15th century here is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58001335]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve en pierre constituée de huit pans et couvercle en bois [...] H = 80 ; d = 85 [...] 15e siècle". The font is illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA058_20205800041]. A holy-water stoup is listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre is a holy-water stoup in this church; it consists of a bucket-shaped basin mounted on a cylindrical pedestal with a square foot; the only ornamentation on it is a roll moulding at the bottom of the basin. The stoup is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58001336]: "Bénitier [...] 15e siècle [...] H = 70 ; la = 36 [...] La cuve est probablement inspirée de la Contre-Réforme qui limite les ornementations superflues." The stoup is illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA058_20205800042, OA058_20205800043].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.3143, 3.5878
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 18′ 51.48″ N, 3° 35′ 16.08″ E
UTM: 31T 544425 5240260
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain, with side lock; appears modern
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-04-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-04-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-04-14 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-04-14 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.