Pierrefitte-sur-Loire No. 1

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coat of arms - unidentified

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Image Source: digital photograph in the Mairie web site [www.pierrefitte03.fr/15.html] [accessed 3 February 2014]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03864PIE

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Remi

Church Patron Saints: St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]

Church Location: 03470 Pierrefitte-sur-Loire, France

Country Name: France

Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Dompierre-sur-Bresbe, arrondissement de Moulins

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Flour

Historical Region: Val de Besbre Sologne Bourbonnaise -- Basses Marches du Bourbonnais

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the doorway

Date: 1643

Century and Period: 17th century(mid? / late?), Renaissance

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

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Listed in the Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999) as a pedestal font dates 1643; the shallow round basin is made of marble but the square pedestal base is sandstone. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM03000427] as being of the 4th quarter of the 17th century, with a shield on the pedestal base.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 562674 5150728

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (basin) and sandstone (base)

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM03000427]

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999