Chantenay-Saint-Imbert No. 1 / Chantenay-St-Imbert
Results: 2 records
human figure - head
Scene Description: several on the basin sides
view of church exterior in context - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint-Martin à Chantenay-Saint-Imbert (Nièvre, Bourgogne, France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Potrowl, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 December 2016 by Peter Potrowl [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chantenay-Saint-Imbert_-_Église_Saint-Martin_-_1.jpg] [accessed 17 October 2020]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 03762CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Paroissiale [ancienne priorale] Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 16 place de l'Église, 58240 Chantenay-Saint-Imbert, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D22-D195 crossroads, just E of the N7, in the arrondissement and S of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Franche-Comté
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Century and Period: 16th century
Cognate Fonts: Many other such cast iron stoups in Burgundy
Church Notes: late-11thC church of a Cluny priory; later parish church
Font Notes:
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A bucket-shaped cast iron stoup typical of this area, with chamfered bands and handles with rings; this one is also ornamented with human heads.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.733392, 3.183396
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 44′ 0.21″ N, 3° 11′ 0.23″ E
UTM: 31T 514012 5175554
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: bucket-shape
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Nièvre, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999