Marseilles-les-Aubigny / Marseilles les Aubigny / Marseilles-lès-Aubigny
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marseilles les Aubigny. L'église"
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Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2014 by Bastien.pierre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:251_Marseilles_les_Aubigny_(_18320_).JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 3 March 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Marseilles les Aubigny. L'église"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bastien.pierre, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 9 September 2014 by Bastien.pierre [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:238_Marseilles_les_Aubigny_(_18320_).JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 3 March 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04764MAR
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Previous Font Location(s): the old parish church
Church Notes: present church 1870 replaced the earlier one that was sold and became a private residence
Church Address: 3 Rue du Port, 18320 Marseilles-lès-Aubigny, France
Site Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D45, about 15 km NW of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bourges
Font Notes:
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Described in Lasteyrie (1926-1927) as a holy-water stoup which matches the type and ornamentation of those of the 15th century. The entry for this church in the Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux [https://recensement.patrimoine-religieux.fr/eglises_edifices/18-Cher/18139-Marseilles-les-Aubigny/194069-EgliseSaintMartin] [accessed 3 March 2024] mentions a baptismal font among the "Eléments remarquables" of this church.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.06765, 3.01345
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 4′ 3.54″ N, 3° 0′ 48.42″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal
REFERENCES
- 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, vol. 2, p. 521