Nevers No. 4
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel
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design element - motifs - handle - 4
Scene Description: set at 90 degrees approximately -- three of them visible here
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symbol - star - 4-point
Scene Description: occupying the fourth 90-degree angle position with respect to the three ring-handles
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view of basin - interior
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design element - motifs - handle - detail
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design element - motifs - handle - detail
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view of basin and cover
Scene Description: the modern font
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of stoup
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information
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 05065NEV
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2001-07-04
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup
Cognate Fonts: Another such, not identical, on the south side
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale St-Cyr-et-Ste-Julitte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N side, by the apse
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] & St. Julitta
Church Notes: the cathedral is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112936]: "12e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle"
Church Address: 6 Rue Abbé Boutillier, 58000 Nevers, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 511956 5203756
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.987222, 3.157222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 59′ 14″ N, 3° 9′ 26″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Number of Pieces: one (plus 3 rings)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: no drainage system
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, vol. 2, p. 561