Nay nr. Pau / Nai / Sant-Vincentz de Nay

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animal - mammal - lion - 2

Scene Description: two lions on the sides hold ropes through what appears to be a ring through the nose of a human head at the centre

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Image Source: digital photograph 20 June 2019 by Emeltet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bénitier,_église_Saint-Vincent_de_Nay_(Pyrénées-Atlantiques)_IMGP3121.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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human figure - head

Scene Description: two lions on the sides hold ropes through what appears to be a ring through the nose of a human head at the centre

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view of church exterior - tower

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Nay (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)"

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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 March 2011 by France64160 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Nay_(Pyrénées-Atlantiques).JPG] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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view of church exterior - tower - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Nay (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)"

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Image Source: digital photograph 18 March 2011 by France64160 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bas_de_l'église_de_Nay_(Pyrénées-Atlantiques).JPG] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef de l'église Saint-Vincent de Nay (Pyrénées-Atlantiques)"

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Enfeu servant de bénitier. Cuve rectangulaire, creusée aux deux tiers dans la maçonnerie du mur Sud de l'église et surmontée d'une sorte d'enfeu dont l'archivolte est tracée en anse de panier et retombe sur deux petits culots moulurés."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [MH0089391] by Georges Estève, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0089391] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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view of stoup

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Image Source: digital photograph 20 June 2019 by Emeltet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bénitier,_église_Saint-Vincent_de_Nay_(Pyrénées-Atlantiques)_IMGP3121.jpg] [accessed 21 July 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04106NAY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Church Location: Chemin Eglise, 64800 Nay, France -- Tel.: +33 5 59 61 01 09
Country Name: France
Location: Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D937, on the W bank of the Ousse river, 18 km SE of Pau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayonne
Historical Region: Basses-Pyrénées / Béarn / Aquitaine
Font Location in Church: wall mounted inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084463]
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises.. (1966- ) as a 16th century stoup whose ornamental motif can be found also in the Bruges church nearby. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM64000344] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM64000344] [accessed 21 July 2023]: "Enfeu servant de bénitier. Cuve rectangulaire, creusée aux deux tiers dans la maçonnerie du mur Sud de l'église et surmontée d'une sorte d'enfeu dont l'archivolte est tracée en anse de panier et retombe sur deux petits culots moulurés [...] 1er quart 16e siècle [...] H = 91 ; la = 133". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: APMH0089391] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0089391] [accessd 21 July 2023]. The re-cycled wall-niche tomf has an interesting scene decorating the upper front frame: two lions on the sides hold ropes through what appears to be a ring through the nose of a human head at the centre. The stoup is somewhat alike those at Bielle and Asson [though the latter is said to be Gothic]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.180948, -0.262122
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 10′ 51.41″ N, 0° 15′ 43.64″ W
UTM: 30T 722509 4784548

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: rectangular (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-