Urzy / Ecclésia de Urziaco / Ursi
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chau7, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 January 2012 by Chau7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-denis-urzy-2.JPG] [accessed 8 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chau7, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 January 2012 by Chau7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-denis-urzy-1.JPG] [accessed 8 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03708URZ
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Cognate Fonts: Many other such stoups in Burgundy
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Notes: earlier church documented 887; present church 12thC, re-built 1495; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113039]
Church Address: 75 rue de l'Église, 58130 Urzy, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D148 [aka rue du Bourg], just S of Guérigny, 6 kms NE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the font of the original 9thC or the later 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Patrimoine.., Nièvre (1999). Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58001117]: "Bénitier en forme de mortier [...] métal : fondu [...] Décor de têtes humaines ou animales [...] 17e siècle". Typical bucket-shaped cast-iron water-stoup of the Burgundy area; this one has several small heads on one of the several bands which make up the sides, and also three rings hanging from loops as handles. [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 9th- or the later 12th-century church here]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 515480 5210596
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.0487, 3.2038
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 2′ 55.32″ N, 3° 12′ 13.68″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape
Basin Total Height: 32 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM58001117]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 477