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design element - motifs - foliage

on the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: on the modern font [cf. FontNotes]

view of font and cover

the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 18579DEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aré
Church Patron Saints: Saint-Aré [St. Aregius? 6thC bishop]
Church Location: Decize 58300
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located between Nevers and Pouilly-en-Auxois
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112875]: "Choeur et crypte : 7e siècle, 11e siècle ; Eglise : 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle"
Font Notes:
The present marble font is of late date, perhaps 18th century, consisting of an oval basin with a pronounced upper rim, the underbowl decorated with deeply carved foliage; raised on a splaying pedestal base of oval shape decorated with mouldings at the both ends. Flat and plain font cover hinged in the middle.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.827853, 3.461117
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 49′ 40.27″ N, 3° 27′ 40.02″ E