Clamecy No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18647CLA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cast-iron stoup?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin (ancienne collégiale)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112851]: 13thC and 16thC chiefly -- church building started ca. 1215; consecrated to St. Martin in 1448
Church Address: 58500, Clamecy, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 43 km S of Auxerre down the N151
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais
Font Notes:
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One of two cast-iron stoups in the church of Clamecy St-Martin. This one is listed in Palissy [ref.: "bénitier [...] En forme de mortier, à deux grandes anses rectangulaires [...] métal : fondu [...] 17e siècle".
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.460028, 3.519335
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 27′ 36.1″ N, 3° 31′ 9.61″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round