Sombernon

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04549SOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Nativité
Font Location in Church: In the transept, left arm
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity [originally dedicated to St. Maclou, until 1636]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00059747]: "Ancienne église attestée au 11e siècle ; église actuelle date de la 1ère moitié 13e siècle ; voûtes de la croisée et du bras droit du transept refaites au 16e siècle ; chapelles du choeur ajoutées au 18e siècle ; sacristie reconstruite entre 1823 et 1826 par l'architecte Ferdinand Bourjot ; clocher et travaux de restaurations vers 1827, 1829 par Pierre Laviolette, géomètre à Sombernon ; entre 1855 et 1858, flèche remplacée"
Church Address: Rue de la Moutardière, 21540 Sombernon, France
Site Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D905, about 25 km W of Dijon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1977) as a monolithic baptismal font probably of the 16th century; the octagonal basin is raised on a square pedestal base with moulding ornamentation; the inside well of the basin is round and has a flat bottom. A baptismal font here is included among the listed furnishings for this church in Palissy [ref.: IM21004674] simply as "Fonts baptismaux" without a date or other details. A related listing in Palissy [ref.: IM21004674] describes a 16th-century holy-water stoup in the nave of this church: "Bénitier [...] Plan (octogonal) ; pied (octogonal) [...] 16e siècle (?) [...] H = 50 ; d = 92".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 628835 5240633
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.306493, 4.704413
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 18′ 23.38″ N, 4° 42′ 15.89″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]

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. 417