Dornes / Dernaus / Dorna
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 23 November 2012 by Éric Monnier (GenNièvre) [www.gennievre.net/wiki/index.php5/Fichier:Eglise-Dornes.jpg] [accessed 19 August 2013]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18611DOR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Saint Julien
Church Patron Saints: St. Julian
Church Location: 58390 Dornes, Nièvre
Country Name: France
Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located between Neuville-lès-Decize (N) and Aurouër (S), the latter in the dept. of Allier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup
Church Notes: church dates to the early 12thC
Font Notes:
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The stoup here is noted in Collard (1965) among a list of mortars used as holy-water stoups. Mortar-shaped cast-iron holy-water stoup of the late 15th century listed in Palissy [ref.: PM58000213]: "bénitier [...] fonte de fer [...] Mortier muni de deux anses décorées de moulures et d'un bandeau. L'inscription est interrompue par de petits médaillons en relief [...] inscription (latin) : (en lettres gothiques) [...] 4e quart 15e siècle". Reported in www.gennievre.ne [accessed 19 August 2013]: "Bénitier en fonte du XVIè siècle, avec versets en lettres minuscules gothiques."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.716428, 3.352986
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 42′ 59.14″ N, 3° 21′ 10.75″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Basin Total Height: 32 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM58000213]]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Collard, Édouard, "Mortiers utilisés comme bénitiers", 53, 187, Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 1965, pp. 461-462; p. 462