Donzy No. 1 (Nièvre)

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Christ - Agnus Dei - couchant - on a book

design element - motifs - foliage

view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church exterior - south portal

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view of church exterior - west portal

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thesupermat 2012

Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 August 2012 by Thesupermat [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Donzy_-_Eglise_Saint-Caradeuc_-_PA58000009_-_005.jpg] [accessed 17 August 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03707DON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Caradheuc
Church Patron Saints: St. Caradheuc
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: In the arrondissement of, and 17 kms SE of Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Location in Church: In the first chapel of the north side
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: altar-font
Cognate Fonts: One other such "altar font" listed in Zamora, Spain; another, 18thC (?) in Assemini San Pietro, Cagliari, Sardinia
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA58000009]: "édifice construit au pied des remparts du château disparu [...] 15e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 2e quart 19e siècle"
A rare example of a baptismal font actually incorporated in an altar [cf. another such font listed in this Index at the cathedral of Zamora, Spain, as well as the magnificent altar-font -and former sarcophagus- at Arles St-Trophime]. The front of the altar is ornamented with a foliage frame around an Agnus Dei couchant on a book. (Patrimoine.., Nièvre, 1999, v. 1, p. 403)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.369764, 3.126602
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 22′ 11.15″ N, 3° 7′ 35.77″ E
UTM: 31T 509558 5246264

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: other
Basin Exterior Shape: other

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: It appears to be a flat wooden cover which allows for the regular use of the altar

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999