Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais No. 1
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Results: 4 records
animal - bird - dove
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alier Hôtels Restaurants, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Alier Hôtels Restaurants [https://www.allier-hotels-restaurants.com/poi/eglise-saint-pierre-10/] [accessed 30 November 2023]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Verneuil Eglise St Pierre extérieur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Patrick Boyer, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 30 September 2012 by Patrick Boyer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Verneuil_Eglise_St_Pierre_extérieur.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pierre - Verneuil en Bourbonnais - Allier - France"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Combraille63, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 29 May 2023 by Combraille63 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Pierre_-_Verneuil_en_Bourbonnais_-_5.jpg] [accessed 30 November 2023]
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alier Hôtels Restaurants, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph in Alier Hôtels Restaurants [https://www.allier-hotels-restaurants.com/poi/eglise-saint-pierre-10/] [accessed 30 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03901VER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne collégiale] Saint-Pierre de Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Place de l'Église, 03500 Verneuil-en-Bourbonnais, France -- Tel.: 04 70 45 42 16
Country Name: France
Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off the D280, 5 km NNW of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, 25-26 km S of Moulins
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Historical Region: Le Bourbonnais / Auvergne
Font Location in Church: Mounted on a pillar by the entranceway, inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 14th, 15thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093333]: "Ancienne église du Chapitre, devenue église paroissiale [...] 12e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier (1999, v. 2, p. 968) as a holy-water stoup of the 16th century; it is wall-mounted and polygonal, ornamented on the side by a large dove (only one side visible in the source). The entry for this church in Allier bourbonnais [https://www.allier-auvergne-tourisme.com/roman/xiie-siecle/site-et-monument-historique-classe/verneuil-en-bourbonnais/eglise-saint-pierre/4685544] [accessed 30 November 2023] notes: "bénitier de forme octogonal du XVe siècle, creusé dans l'épaisseur d'un pilier de l'entrée de l'édifice".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.3463, 3.25049
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 20′ 46.68″ N, 3° 15′ 1.76″ E
UTM: 31T 519275 5132555
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Allier, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999