Anlezy

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angel - custodian angel - children - St. Geneviève?

Scene Description: An angel holds two children, one of them identified as Sainte Geneviève in the source [cf. supra]

devil(s) and demons - Satan? - foliage motif

Scene Description: a demon-like figure is surrounded by foliage on the side of the basin

INFORMATION

FontID: 03759ANL
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Nazaire-et-Saint-Celse
Church Patron Saints: St. Celsus [aka Cellach Mac Aodh] & St. Nazarius
Church Location: 12 Pl. de l'Église, 58270 Anlezy, France -- Tel.: +33 3 86 77 14 91
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D18-D34 crossroads, 25-30 km E of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Cognate Fonts: The stoup at Dinan, for the basin figure
A very ornate holy-water stoup in polychrome stone, dated in the source to the 17th century. The basin is rounded and has a grimacing figure -not unlike the horned devil in a stoup in Dinan- surrounded by foliage. The inside of the basin is lined with lead. The backdrop of the upper basin has a tall winged angel protecting two small praying children. There is a separate canopy resembling an architectural structure with Ogee arches and windows above the stoup. The group is identified in the source [Patrimoine..., Nièvre, 1999, v. 2, p. 896] as "Sainte Geneviève et un ange". The angel is certainly a custodian angel.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.957485, 3.50405
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 57′ 26.95″ N, 3° 30′ 14.58″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: hemispherical stoup (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead lining

REFERENCES

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