Garchizy No. 1

Results: 17 records

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on both basins

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on both bases

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

symbol - shield - blank

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: [NB: we were not able to gain access to the stone basin beneath the lining]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - tower - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - capital

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: showing the two basins, both lined

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03714GAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 27-45 Place Roland Champenier, 58600 Garchizy, France -- Tel.: 03 86 60 88 71

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: In the canton de (and 4 km S of) Pougues-les-Eaux, arrondissement Cousne-Cours-sur-Loire, 12 km NW of Nevers

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side of the west door, by the stairs leading to the choir

Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font / heraldic font

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112893]

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000233]: "fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] 16e siècle [...] Provient du château de Parzy". A 16th-century font, originally from the castle of Parzy, of a type which integrates an octagonal main body with a secundary rectangular basin on the side. Both parts are ornamented with mouldings, the main part having a large shield carved on its front, which, according to the source (Le patrimoine des communes de Nièvre, 1999), would have been charged, without a doubt, with the arms of one of the bishops of Nevers, owner of the castle at Parzy. On-site notes: both basin wells, the large round one and the smaller rectangular one, are now lined with lead; there are signs of repair on the large basin, at the top right hand corner of the now plain shield; there is evidence of anchorage points in the upper rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.04731241, 3.09620698

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 2′ 53.16″ N, 3° 5′ 45.96″ E

UTM: 31T 507299 5210514

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: three?

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double-font)

Basin Interior Shape: round (B1) -- square (B2)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (B1) -- square (B2)

Drainage Notes: the linings have no drain, but there could be a drain under it in one of the two basins

Rim Thickness: 10-14 cm (B1)

Diameter (inside rim): 63 cm (B1)

Diameter (includes rim): 82-88 cm (B1) - 26 x 33 cm (B2)

Basin Depth: 22 cm (B1) - 5 cm (B2)

Height of Base: 50 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 107 cm (B1) - 82 cm (B2)

Square Base Dimensions: 88 cm long (includes both bases)

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: the depth of the basins is that of the lining; we were unable to access the stone well itself]

REFERENCES

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