Magny-Cours No. 2

Results: 5 records

design element - motifs - handle - 3

design element - motifs - moulding

human figure - head

Scene Description: very worn, on the front side of the basin

view of stoup

view of stoup - upper view

INFORMATION

FontID: 03709MAG
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Celse-et-Saint-Nazaire de Magny
Church Patron Saints: St. Celsus [aka Cellach Mac Aodh] & St. Nazarius
Church Location: place de l'Église, 58470 Magny-Cours, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the N7, between Challuy (N) and Saint-Parize-le-Châtel (S), about 15 km S of Nevers [the invidual communes of Magny and Cours merged after (?) the Revolution]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, to the left of the W doorway
Century and Period: 16th century,
Cognate Fonts: Many other such cast iron stoups in Burgundy
On-site notes: typical bucket-shaped cast iron holy-water stoup of the Burgundy area, with sides of graded chamfering on five bands, one of which has the three handles with hanging rings, and a human head on the front side of the basin. It is now mounted on an octagonal stone pedestal at the time of our visit. Described and illustrated in Le Patrimoine des communes de Nièvre (1999, v. 1, p. 493)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 511474 5192429

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Number of Pieces: two (basin and base)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape
Rim Thickness: 4-6 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 58-59 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 68-69 cm
Basin Depth: 35-36 cm
Basin Total Height: 39-40 cm
Height of Base: 51 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 91 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

REFERENCES

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