Bonnet

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04543BON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Florentin de Bonnet
Font Location in Church: In the old chapel of Saint-Florentin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Florentin de Bonnet [Florentinus?]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00106500]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle"
Church Address: 7 Rue du Château, 55130 Bonnet, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D960, 6 km from, and in the canton de Gondrecourt-le-Château, arrondissement de Commercy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Verdun
Historical Region: Lorraine
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a limestone holy-water stoup probably of the 16th century; although made of limestone, it is painted to imitate marble; it is a polygonal basin with moulded side and resting on a grotesque figure ["un marmouset"]. NB: a second stoup, in the nave, by the 1st north pillar, and the baptismal font, also in north of the nave, are probably 18th century and therefore not included in this Index]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 679940 5377222
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.5223, 5.437
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 31′ 20.28″ N, 5° 26′ 13.2″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: polygonal
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Diameter (includes rim): 34 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 31 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1981)

REFERENCES

  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Lorraine, Meuse: canton Gondrecourt-le-Château, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1981, p. 112