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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Éric Monnier (GenNièvre), 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 January 2011 by Éric Monnier (GenNièvre) [www.gennievre.net/wiki/index.php5/Eglise_Moraches] [accessed 19 August 2013]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03699MOR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Cognate Fonts: Many other such metal bucket-shape stoups in Burgundy.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nazaire et Saint-Celse
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nazarius [aka Nazaire] [abbot of Lérins] & St. Celsus [Cellach Mac Aodh]
Church Notes: church is early-16th century
Church Address: Place de l'Eglise, 58420 Moraches, Nièvre, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D5, the canton de Brinon-sur-Beuvron, arrondiss. de Clamecy, NW of Corbiny, NNE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000315]: "Bénitier en forme de mortier [...] inscription (illisible) [...] métal : fondu [...] 16e siècle". Noted and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de Nièvre (1999). A typical example of Burgundian 16th century metal holy-water stoups, some more decorated than others. This one has a wide rim under which are several ornamental motifs, human heads, an inscription (illegible) and two protruding ring handles. At the bottom of the basin, several human heads. The source claims that it was originally mounted on a pedestal; it is now secured to the wall via a metal ring.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 541534 5236460
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.2803, 3.5492
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 16′ 49.08″ N, 3° 32′ 57.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, unknown
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Le Patrimoine des communes de Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, p. 81]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Text: [illegible]
Inscription Source: Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 81