Bagneux / Bagneux in Moulins-Ouest

INFORMATION

FontID: 03898BAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Church Location: 03460 Bagneux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off the D101 [aka route-du-Veurdre], in the canton of Moulins-Ouest, 15-20 km NNW of Moulins
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church Notes: church originally of the 12thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00092981]: "Edifice roman du 12e siècle (abside, choeur, mur septentrional) , partiellement reconstruit au 16e (nef unique)."
Font Notes:
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999) as a stone double-font and dated to the 13th century [NB: not likely, as no double-font of the 13th-century identified yet; probably 15th-century]. As is the case with others in the area, it consists of a rather crude polygonal (octagonal?) main body, which holds the large basin, and a square (?) appendage which makes up the secondary basin. The main basin prolongs its sides vertically to the ground without any visible differentiation of basin or base, but the small basin conforms more to the pedestal type, with a basin demarcated by a couple of mouldings and a square (?) pedestal all the way down to the ground.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.65786, 3.20489
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 39′ 28.3″ N, 3° 12′ 17.6″ E
UTM: 31T 515791 5167214

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)(double-font)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (both)

REFERENCES

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