Guillon

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animal - mammal - dog or wolf - head

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cleric - bishop - wearing mitre - holding cross - right hand raised in benediction

Scene Description: St. Remy?

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cleric - bishop - with cross (crozier?)

human figure - female - head

Scene Description: seen here on the right

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mairie de Guillon, 2004

Image Source: Mairie de Guillon [http://mairie.wanadoo.fr/mairie.guillon/sites/eglise.htm]

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human figure - female - queen - crowned - wearing crown of lilies

human figure - male - head - bearded

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human figure - male - head - king - crowned - wearing crown of lilies

Scene Description: seen here on the left [cf. FontNotes]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Rémi de Guillon (Yonne)"

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Rémi de Guillon (Yonne)"

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Rémi de Guillon (Yonne)"

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of a pre-1919 B&W photograph [MH0016510] by Neurdein frères (Etienne & Louis), in Mémoire [Mémoire] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH00016510] [accessed 7 August 2023]

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 09480GUI
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Rémi de Guillon
Church Patron Saints: St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Location: Pl. de l'Église, 89420 Guillon-Terre-Plaine, France
Country Name: France
Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D11, 15 km E of Avallon, about 30 km ENE of Vézelay
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, nave, W end
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA89000278]: "L'église Saint-Rémi construite au 13e siècle, en calcaire rouge de Guillon, a été partiellement remaniée au 19e siècle"
Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM89001604]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] Saint Rémi : ?, évêque, en buste, bénédiction, croix ; figures (tête, évêque, crosse, pèlerin, bourdon, chapeau, coquille Saint Jacques, roi, homme) ; représentation animalière (loup) ; ornement à forme géométrique [...] Crosse de l'évêque et ornement à forme géométrique gravés [...] H = 77 ; d = 105 ; Bassin : d = 74 [...] 16e siècle (?)" Another entry in Palissy [ref.: PM89000579] lists the [same?] font in this church with some notable differences: "Cuve octogonale sur un socle mouluré ; ornée aux angles de figures et têtes d'animaux de facture grossière [...] H = 82 ; d = 104 [...] 12e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00016510] without reference to either of the above Palissy entries. Described and illustrated in the web site of the Mairie de Guillon [http://mairie.wanadoo.fr/mairie.guillon/sites/eglise.htm] [accessed 3 May 2005]: tub-shaped monolithic octagonal baptismal font of the 12th century [cf. supra] classed 'monument historique'; the sides are decorated with large heads identified thus in the source [L->R]: 1)a dog's head; 2)a bearded man; 3)an abbot wearing a low mitre, holding a cross in the right hand while the left points to heavens; 4)a woman; 5)another abbot wearing a low mitre; 6)a queen wearing a crown of lilies; 7)a bishop holding a cross; 8)a king crowned with clover leaves. The flat wooden cover is modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.513679, 4.092591
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 30′ 49.24″ N, 4° 5′ 33.33″ E
UTM: 31T 582265 5262828

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (inside rim): 74 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm* / 104 cm**
Font Height (less Plinth): 77 cm* / 82 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 105 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM89001604] / ** Palissy [ref.: PM89000579]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round and flat, with metal cross finial; has plaque on it