Montigny-aux-Amognes No. 2

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view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - southeast end
view of church exterior - southwest view
view of church exterior in context - east view
view of church interior - nave - looking east
view of church interior - nave - looking west
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 18576MON
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Louis de Montigny-aux-Amognes
Church Patron Saints: St. Louis
Church Location: 58130 Montigny-aux-Amognes France
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D176, 11 km NW of St-Benin d'Azy, 12 Km NE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112921] as 12thC, but may have existed earlier -- good photos of church in http://emonnier48.perso.sfr.fr/egliseromane/nievre/montignyamognes/montigny.htm [accesseed 2 August 2013]
Font Notes:
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A cast-iron (?) holy-water stoup of the 16th century in this church is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000568]: "Bénitier en forme de mortier [...] métal : fondu". The metal stoup is of a shape common in this area of France in the 16th century, bucket-shaped with handles on the sides, the whole exterior surface moulded. There is a stone holy-water stoup in the exterior [no other info available on it].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.027327, 3.290302
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 1′ 38.38″ N, 3° 17′ 25.09″ E
UTM: 31T 522059 5208242
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, cast iron
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round