Champvoux No. 1 / Campi Volti

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view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2007 by YPS [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champvoux.JPG] [accesed 5 August 2013]

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view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 October 2010 by Mmirault [www.gennievre.net/wiki/index.php5/Fichier:Eglise-Champvoux.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2013]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18582CHA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre [ancienne église du prieuré clunisiense]

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Le Bourg, 58400 Champvoux

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located off the D110, E of the A77, S of Raveau, N of Tronsanges, 5 km SSE of La Charité-sur-Loire.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers

Historical Region: Nivernais -- Pays Charitois

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval / composite

Church Notes: 12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112822]

Font Notes: Click to view

Curzon (1885) reports a baptismal font consisting of a plain basin raised on an ancient capital originally from the nave of the original church here. Roman (1888) has: "Fonts baptismaux sans charactère, portés sur un chapiteau du XIe siècle."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.135396, 3.076342

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 8′ 7.43″ N, 3° 4′ 34.83″ E

UTM: 31T 505789 5220213

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Courzon, H. de, "L'église prieurale de Champvoux (Nièvre)", 3ème série. Tome 5, Janvier-juin 1885, Revue archéologique, 1885, pp. 139-145; p. 144

Roman, Joseph, Répertoire archéologique du département des Hautes-Alpes, Paris: Imprimerie nationale, 1888