Decize No. 1 / Decetia / Saint-Maurice-les-Decize / Saint-Prive-les-Decize
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
design element - motifs - foliage
![on the modern font [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130803008_compressed.png)
Scene Description: on the modern font [cf. FontNotes]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 18579DEC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Aré
Font Location in Church: [disappeared?]
Church Patron Saint(s): Saint-Aré [St. Aregius? 6thC bishop]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112875]: "Choeur et crypte : 7e siècle, 11e siècle ; Eglise : 12e siècle, 15e siècle, 19e siècle"
Church Address: Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau, 58300 Decize, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D978A, about 30 km SE of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one(s) from the earlier churches (7thC, 11thC, 12thC) here
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.827853, 3.461117
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 49′ 40.27″ N, 3° 27′ 40.02″ E