Saint-Aubin-les-Forges
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03700AUB
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-07-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Aubin de Saint-Aubin-les-Forges
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Notes: 1208 church; demolished 1700; re-built thereof and consecrated 1840
Church Address: 2 Rue du Lavoir, 58130 Saint-Aubin-les-Forges, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D117, about 15 km ESE of La Charité-sur-Loire, about 23 km N of Bevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: it is made up of two 12th (?) century capitals, the lower one inverted serving as base
Font Notes:
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A composite stoup made up of two capitals (?). The inside of the upper one has been carved out to hold the holy water and is ornamented with intricate foliage motif. The lower capital, which, inverted, serves as base, is probaly of an earlier date than that of the basin and is decorated with simple but beatifully executed acanthus leaves. The source suggests that one of the capitals may be originally from the old collegiate church at Frasnay-les-Chanoines. (Patrimoine…, Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, p. 142). [On-site notes: church locked on the two occasions of our visit; unable to gain access]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 515275 5220618
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.13889, 3.20144
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 8′ 20″ N, 3° 12′ 5.18″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 142