Bourges No. 2

Results: 9 records

B01: design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: golden [cf. Font notes]

B02: animal - mammal - ermine - 12

Scene Description: in silver [cf. Font notes]

LB01: animal - mammal - lion - 3

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

R01: coat of arms - unidentified?

Scene Description: a/p illustration in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )

R02: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bourges au XVIe siècle"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]

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Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD-Art (PD-old default) / PD-Art (PD-old-70)

view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Interior of Cathédrale de Bourges"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Livioandronico2013, 2016

Image Source: digital photograph 20 October 2016 by Livioandronico2013 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Cathédrale_de_Bourges.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2023]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bourges - cathédrale Saint-Étienne, intérieur"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fab5669, 2017

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges (Cher, France), bénitier"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fab5669, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2017 by Fab5669 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bourges_-_cathédrale_Saint-Étienne,_intérieur_(01).jpg] [accessed 29 September 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04227BOU
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Étienne de Bourges
Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen
Church Location: Pl. Etienne Dolet, 18000 Bourges, France -- Tel.: +33 2 48 65 49 44
Country Name: France
Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D978 [aka Rue de Sarrebourg], at the confluence N151-N76, about 50 km WNW of Nevers
Font Location in Church: Located in the S ambulatory, opposite the 3rd pillar, E of the S entrance
Date: 1507?
Century and Period: 16th century(early)? [basin only], Late Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church Notes: a series of earlier churches here since ca. 600 AD; built on an original Romanesque church; re-built 1195-1230, with many expansions and modifications since; re-purposed by the Revolution; restored 1829-1847;
Illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ): a holy-water stoup with a very shallow basin; the basin has an inscription on its upper rim [text unknown], at least one shield bearing a coat of arms [unknown] while the rest of its surface and underbowl are covered in fleur-de-lis motifs; the latter are described in Lasteyrie (1926-1927) as "seize fleurs de lys dorées alternant avec douze hermines argentées". The very slender rounded stem of the base is also covered in the fleur-de-lis motif. The lower base appears triangular and ornamented with medallion-like motif. The same source [cf. supra] gives the date in the caption as 1507 [from the inscription?]. Noted in Chancel-Bardelot (2008) as one of five holy-water stoups in this cathedral church; this one, which is illustrated in the source, is made of cast metal in the common shape of an upturned bell, typical of these cast metal objects; the décor on it is as indicated in Lasteyrie above, plus two large ring handles at the upper end; it rests on the backs of three tiny lions; the whole is raised on a hexagonal pedestal column made of stone and probably modern [NB: theis pedestal base appears to be different from the one recorded in the Dictionnaire… above, and is quite likely modern]. Chancel-Bardelot (ibid.), mentions a wooden cover.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.081944, 2.399444
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 4′ 55″ N, 2° 23′ 58″ E
UTM: 31T 454412 5214445

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, cast metal
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm*
Basin Total Height: 48 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [measuremnts a/p Chancel-Bordelot (2008)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: The only legible word in the source is "TANT"
Inscription Location: upper rim of the basin
Inscription Source: Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- , III D 31, caption)

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1812
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Chancel-Bardelot, Béatrice de, Dictionnaire de la cathédrale de Bourges, suivi d'un répertoire des saintes dans la cathédrale, Dijon: Éditions Faton, 2008
Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927