Vielmanay No. 2 / Vielmanai

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03719VIE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Many other such stoups in Burgundy
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the A77, in the canton of, and 10 km E of Pouilly-sur-Loire, arrondissement de Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Notes:
A inventory of the contents of this church carried out in 1685 at the request of the bishop and now in the Archives départementales de l'Yonne [http://cahiersduvaldebargis.free.fr/vielmanay_1685_3.htm] [accessed 11 August 2013], includes: "le bassin des fons [...] et le dessus du bassin [...] un [...] benoistier cassé [...] un grand benoistier de fer de fonte". Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000549] as a 16th-century cast metal holy-water shape in the shape of a mortar. Bucket-shaped cast iron stoup of the type common in Burgundy. This one is fairly plain but has handles with rings. (Patrimoine…, Nièvre, 1999, v. 2, p. 818)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 508722 5234898
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 15' 57.56" N, 3° 6' 49.79" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 59 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM58000549]]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 818