Nevers No. 2
Results: 11 records
view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: general view of the crypt in May 2011 -- traces of the old baptistery were discovered during post-WWII period repairs; further excavations found the old baptistery and sunken piscina -- the area is no longer accessible to the public to minimise erosion
view of font
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view of font - detail
Scene Description: the exit conduit
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view of font
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view of font - detail
Scene Description: the intake conduit
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: notice the square block with the drain hole
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view of font - detail
Scene Description: the intake conduit and the drain
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view of font in context
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: the octagonal font in the context of the old baptistery in the crypt
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view of church interior - baptistery - detail
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information
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03713NEV
Object Type: Baptistery
Object Details: site, Gallo-Roman
Date Visited: 2001-07-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 6th - 12th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: The old baptistery in the archaeological crypt of the Cathédrale St-Cyr-et-Ste-Julitte
Font Location in Church: In the Cathedral crypt
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] & St. Julitta
Church Notes: the cathedral is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112936]: "12e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle
Church Address: 6 Rue Abbé Boutillier, 58000 Nevers, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the town centre, off the D907, N of the Loire river, one block W of the Place de la Republique
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Additional Comments: recycled baptistery: according to the source [cf. supra], the baptistery was built on a Gallo-Roman site and was recycled from the 6th through the 12th century.
Font Notes:
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Sunken font of the old baptistery [cf. Index entry for Nevers No. 1] which functioned, according to the source, between the 6th and the 12th century. The remains appear to include a piscina that is octagonal on the outside and round on the inside; given the state of the remains it is difficult to ascertaing whether the font was totally sunken into the ground or, more likely, raised or half-and-hald, as the sides of the font appear to be built upwards. The font is noted in Patrimoine…, Nièvre (1999). On-site notes: the bottom of the piscina has a large drain hole in a square stone; there are two water conduits, also related to the filling and draining of the piscina; the drain goes straight from the round well, where the one believed to be the intake conduit feeds at an angle. The cathedral has a modern marble baptismal font of the 18th-19th century.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to M. Sébastian Carcel for the access to the crypt and for all his friendly help during our visit to the Cathedral 4 July 2001
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 511956 5203756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.987222, 3.157222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 59′ 14″ N, 3° 9′ 26″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: two drainage systems (intake and output)
Drainage Notes: [cf. Index entry for Nevers No. 1]
Diameter (inside rim): 80-95 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 215-216 cm*
Basin Depth: 50-55-60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site *[NB: the site has been left showing different periods of the baptistry's history, therefore the measurements vary depending on the level. The total width of the outer piscina structure is 260 x 280 cm]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 715
- Guyon, Jean, Les premiers baptistères des Gaules (IVe-VIIIe siècles), Roma: Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma / Union des instituts étrangers de Rome, 2000
- Louis, R., "Le baptistère de la cathédrale de Nevers du VIe au XIe siècle", CVIII (1950), B.M., 1950, pp. 153-180; p. 153-180