Parigny-les-Vaux
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view of church exterior - west view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03718PAR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 58320 Parigny-les-Vaux, Nièvre
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the A77, in the canton of, and 5 km NE of Pougues-les-Eaux, 15 km N of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century
Cognate Fonts: Many other cast iron stoups of this type in Burgundy
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112982]: "époque de construction: 12e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 4e quart 18e siècle" -- "L'église paroissiale de Saint Jean-Baptiste est formée de la réunion de deux églises accolées l'une à l'autre, la plus petite, qui paraît dater de la fin du XIe siècle, servant de bas côté méridional à la plus grande, qui est du XIIe ; l'abside primitive, voûtée en cul-de-four cintré, sert de sacristie."[soure: www.gennievre.net/wiki/index.php5/Eglise_Parigny_les_Vaux [accessed 18 August 2013]]
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000410]: " bénitier [...] fonte de fer [...] 16e siècle". Noted and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Nièvre (1999): bucket-shaped cast-iron holy-water stoup of the type common in Burgundy. This one has two handles with rings, four chamfered bands and an inscription bearing the name of the church. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the original 11th- 12th century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.0925, 3.1492
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 5′ 33″ N, 3° 8′ 57.12″ E
UTM: 31T 511323 5215454
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the two upper bands of the basin sides
Inscription Text: Only a few letters -some upside down- are discernible in the source which gives the translated text of "JEAN BAPTISTE"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de Nièvre, 1999, v. 2, p. 785
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999