Boulay / Boulay-Moselle

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09567BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1518
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Etienne de Boulay-Moselle
Font Location in Church: Inside, N side of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Address: 57220 Boulay-Moselle, France
Site Location: Moselle, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D954, 25 km ENE of Metz
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Metz
Historical Region: Le Pays de Nied, Lorraine
Font Notes:
Baptismal font dated to 1518 [by an inscription?] in the barn-church at Boulay [source: Le Républicain Lorrain, www.republicain-lorrain.fr/tourisme/nied/boulay.htm] [broken link]. A "baptismal font of the sixteenth century" is reported in the church of Saint-Etienne by France-Voyage [https://www.france-voyage.com/cities-towns/boulay-moselle-20798.htm] [accessed 10 August 2025]. A 16th-century font in the parish church at Boulay-Moselle is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM57000029]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] H = 100 ; la = 77 (Largeur de la cuve) [...] Inscription : (pied). Date : 1518 [...] Cuve de plan octogonal. Pied prismatique juxtaposant les bases très allongées. Le groupe des bases repose sur un plateau au bord arrondi. Le tout repose sur une base carrée, le passage à l'octogone s'amortissant sur une sorte de culot renversé [...] Nef, face nord". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP57W00218]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 317752 5450855
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.1834, 6.499
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 11′ 0.24″ N, 6° 29′ 56.4″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the side of the lower base
Inscription Text: "1518"
Inscription Notes: [cd. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal?
Apparatus: no
Notes: conical with finial

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.