Arcey

Results: 3 records

human figure - grotesque or fantastic - head - 4

Scene Description: at least one of them holding a shield, a/p the Inventaire général... (1981)

view of church exterior - west view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2014 by Samrong01 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arcey,_Cote-d'Or,_Church.JPG] [accessed 5 May 2019]

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view of font and cover in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sabeur Ben Ibrahim, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2017 by Sabeur Ben Ibrahim [accessed 5 June 2019]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04547ARC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge d'Arcey
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 21410 Arcey, France
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D104, 3 km SE of Sainte-Marie-sur-Ouche, 16 km WSW of Dijon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Belfort-Montbéliard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, W end, S side
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: the oldest parts of the church are reckonened to be late-15thC
Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM21004339] with date probably in the 16th century. Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1977) as a baptismal font probably of the 16th century; the square basin has moulded sides with grotesque heads at the corners, although one of the heads illustrated in the source [cf. supra] appears "normal" and holds a shield. The base is a square pedestal also with a moulded area towards the bottom. The cover is a low copper pyramid with a ball finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.274581, 4.828849
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 16′ 28.49″ N, 4° 49′ 43.85″ E
UTM: 31T 638324 5237300

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Trapezoidal Basin: 67 x 67 cm*
Notes on Measurements: The Inventaire général... (1977) and Palissy [ref.: IM21004339] give the total height, 1.35 m which likely includes the cover as well.

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bourgogne, Côte-d'Or: canton Sombernon, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1977