Blaisy-Bas

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04548BLA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Remi de Blaisy-Bas
Font Location in Church: In the nave, left front angle
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00059697]: "Limite 15e siècle 16e siècle ; 17e siècle ; 18e siècle"
Church Address: Rue du Presbytère, 21540 Blaisy-Bas, France
Site Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D7-D78 crossroads, 25 km from Dijon
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1977) as a monolithic baptismal font probably of the 14th century; the basin is octagonal and has a blind arcade on two of the sides. The base is round. The wooden cover is modern. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM21004392]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Pierre (monolithe) [...] Cuve octogonale [...] Pied (circulaire) [...] 14e siècle (?) [...] H = 73 ; d = 83 [...] Nef, angle antérieur gauche".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 630999 5247951
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.371882, 4.735189
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 22′ 18.77″ N, 4° 44′ 6.68″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 83 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 73 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bourgogne, Côte-d'Or: canton Sombernon, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1977, p. 127