Chenove No. 1 / Chenôve

INFORMATION

FontID: 18616CHE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nazaire [et Saint-Celse]
Church Patron Saints: St. Nazarius [aka Nazaire] [abbot of Lérins] [and St. Celsus]
Church Location: 21300 Chenôve -- Tél.: 03805525654
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located in, and part of the SSW outskirts of Dijon, 4 km from the city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Dijon
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 15th century (late?), Late Medieval
Church Notes: late-Romanesque church built on the site of a former Merovingian chapel of ca. 700; major restoration and expansion in later centuries
Two holy-water stoups made of cast metal and raised on stone bases. Collard (1965) reports two mortars located in the porch of this church at the time; one of the has four handles, like the one at Corbigny [cf. Index entry], while the second stoup has only two handles with rings; the two are of the same height but one is wider than the other, both being dated by this author to the late-15th century; they are secured by a metal cable. Collard (ibid.) remarks that their location outside the church, in the porch, is proof of their original function as mortars. These two stoups are listed in Palissy [ref.: PM21000605]: "2 bénitiers [...] fonte [...] Socles en pierre [...] 15e siècle". [NB: we have no confirmation of the present location].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 651832 5239536

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm*
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Collard (1965: 463)]

REFERENCES

Collard, Édouard, "Mortiers utilisés comme bénitiers", 53, 187, Revue d'histoire de la pharmacie, 1965, pp. 461-462; r["References"]