Bazolles
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03703BAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Symphorien de Bazolles
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Symphorian [Symphorien d'Autun] [† ca. 200]
Church Address: Église Saint-Symphorien, 58110 Bazolles, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D256-D958 crossroads, about 16 km N of Châtillon-en-Bazois, about 35-40 km ENE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Notes:
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Chalice-shape font of the 16th century; the basin is octagonal with rounded underbowl, all plain; the stem of the base is short and has an octagonal moulding; the lower base is square and equally plain. The font has a wooden pyramidal (octagonal) lid of later manufacture. (Patrimoine…, Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, p. 212)
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.143277, 3.618492
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 8′ 35.8″ N, 3° 37′ 6.57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 144 cm
Notes on Measurements: a/p Patrimoine..Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, 212
LID INFORMATION
Date: later/modern
Material: wood
Notes: Octagonal pyramidal wooden lid
REFERENCES
- Whetter, James, Cornwall in the 13th Century: a Study in Social and Economic History, Gorran: Lyfrow Trelyspen, 1998, vol. 1, p. 212