Nevers No. 4

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design element - motifs - handle - 4

Scene Description: set at 90 degrees approximately -- three of them visible here

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - handle - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - handle - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding - parallel

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field-notes taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

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symbol - star - 4-point

Scene Description: occupying the fourth 90-degree angle position with respect to the three ring-handles

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 4 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 05065NEV

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale St-Cyr-et-Ste-Julitte

Church Patron Saints: St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] & St. Julita

Church Location: 6 Rue Abbé Boutillier, 58000 Nevers, France

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located in the town centre, off the D907, N of the Loire river, one block W of the Place de la Republique

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers

Historical Region: Nivernais

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side, by the apse

Century and Period: 16th century

Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup

Cognate Fonts: Another such, not identical, on the south side

Church Notes: the cathedral is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112936]: "12e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Lasteyrie (1926-1927) as a holy-water stoup in the cathedral of Nevers which matches the type and ornamentation of those of the 15th century. Two cast-iron stoups are listed in this church in Palissy [ref.:PM58000351]: "2 bénitiers [...] en forme de mortiers plats munis de trois anses [...] fonte de fer". On-site notes: the second of two cast-iron holy-water stoups found in this cathedral church; this one, located on the north side, by the apse, has also the usual mortar-like shape; it has three ring-handles on the basin sides at 90-degree angles and several thin parallel mouldings around the top and bottom of the basin sides; the fourth position is occupied by a four-point motif/symbol. Like its pair, it is mounted on an octagonal stone pedestal base probably contemporary with the basin. The cathedral has a marble baptismal font of the 18th-19th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.987222, 3.157222

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 59′ 14″ N, 3° 9′ 26″ E

UTM: 31T 511956 5203756

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: sme, cast-iron

Number of Pieces: one (plus 3 rings)

Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 2 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 52 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 56 cm

Basin Depth: 33 cm

Basin Total Height: 36 cm

Height of Base: 86 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 122 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 52 x 52 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

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