Corbigny No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18622COR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Seine
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sequanus [aka Seine]
Church Address: 58800 Corbigny, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the RD997-RD985 crossroads, S of Ruages, N of Sardy-lès-Épiry, in the arrondissement de Clamecy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais -- Le Morvan -- Pays Corbigeois
Additional Comments: re-cycled mortar? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
A stoup here is noted in Collard (1965) among a list of mortars used as holy-water stoups. Besides the stoup bearing an inscription and entered as 'Corbigny No. 1' in this Index, Palissy [ref.: PM58000158] lists a second cast-iron holy-water stoup in this church: "bénitier [...] fonte de fer [...] Objet placé sur un socle cylindrique [...] 16e siècle". NB: here is a discrepancy in the measurements given by the two sources here; are they for the same stoup? Collard's do not seem to match those of either of the stoups listed in Palissy.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 551766 5234007

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 48 cm* -- 70 cm**
Basin Total Height: 30 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm** (Hauteur avec piédestal)
Notes on Measurements: * [Collard (1965: 461)] -- ** [Palissy [ref.: PM58000158]]

REFERENCES

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