Champvoux No. 1 / Campi Volti

Main image for Champvoux No. 1 / Campi Volti

Image copyright © Mmirault, 2010

CC-BY-SA-3.0 Attribution 3.0 Unported

Results: 2 records

view of church exterior - west view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mmirault, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 October 2010 by Mmirault [www.gennievre.net/wiki/index.php5/Fichier:Eglise-Champvoux.jpg] [accessed 5 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0 Attribution 3.0 Unported

view of church exterior - east view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © YPS, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 October 2007 by YPS [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champvoux.JPG] [accesed 5 August 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18582CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century [base only] [composite font], Medieval / composite
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre [ancienne église du prieuré clunisiense]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112822]
Church Address: Le Bourg, 58400 Champvoux, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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

UTM: 31T 505789 5220213
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.135396, 3.076342
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 8′ 7.43″ N, 3° 4′ 34.83″ E

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, p. 75-76