Nannay

INFORMATION

FontID: 10141NAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave, N side [reported in 1685]
Century and Period: 17th century,
A record of the visitation by André Colbert, Bishop of Auxerre, on Sunday 24 August 1685, by Monsigneur Gourret, informs that a baptismal font was noted at the entrance, towards the end of the nave, on the north side ["du costé de l'evangile"]; the source remarks that the upper rim is new and acceptable [which would suggest perhaps a date close to the inspection], and that there is a wooden cover furnished with an iron bar and a padlock; the inside contains a tin basin and salve, as well as a little tin vessel that is used to pour the holy water over the head of the infant. [source: http://perso.club-internet.fr/cendrono/colmery_1685.htm]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone