Saint-Pierre-les-Nemours No. 2 / Saint Pierre lès Nemours / St-Pierre-lès-Nemours
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09511PIE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Cognate Fonts: another such in the same church
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jean Baptiste à Saint-Pierre-les-Nemours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the Abbaye de la Joye
Church Address: Pl. de la République, 77140 Nemours, France -- Tel.: +33 1 64 28 02 58
Site Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of roads D403 and D607, 1 km across the canal (W side) from Nemours city centre, about 18 km S of Fontainebleau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Meaux
Historical Region: Pays de Nemours
Font Notes:
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One of two early holy-water stoups decorated with heraldic motifs ["deux anciens bénitiers armoriés"] originally from the Abbaye de la Joye [source: Patrimoine de Saint Pierre lès Nemours: www.mairie-stpierrelesnemours.fr] [cf. Index entry for St. Pierre lès Nemours Nos. 3 for another such, and No. 1 for the 1640 baptismal font of the same provenance and now in this church as well]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 477490 5346040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.267372, 2.697943
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 16′ 2.54″ N, 2° 41′ 52.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone