Saint-Menoux

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view of church exterior - west façade

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view of church exterior - apse - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Clément Bucco-Lechat, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 September 2011 by Clément Bucco-Lechat [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapiteau_de_l'église_de_Saint-Menoux.jpg] [accessed 3 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of church interior - narthex - capital

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2011
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view of church interior - chancel and east end

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph [No. 03W00483] in Mémoire [ref.: AP03W00483] [accessed 3 February 2014]
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design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

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design element - motifs - foliage

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design element - motifs - moulding

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Image Source: B&W photograph [No. 03W00483] in Mémoire [ref.: AP03W00483] [accessed 3 February 2014]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 19060MEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Menoux de Saint-Menoux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Menoux [aka St. Menulph]
Church Notes: church originally of the 11thC; altered 12thC and 19thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00093280]: "L'église a servi de chapelle à une abbaye bénédictine dont l'existence est connue par une charte de l'an 1000. Les chapiteaux présentent des figures monstrueuses sur toutes les faces (11e siècle). La nef et le clocher datent du 14e siècle. Le clocher était autrefois surmonté d'une flèche"
Church Address: 03210 Saint-Menoux, France
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near Souvigny, 14 km WSW of Moulins, S of Nevers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Flour
Historical Region: Bocage Bourbonnais -- Auvergne
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
Stone baptismal font consisting of a polygonal basin decorated with an acanthus vine running all around between parallel mouldings; raised on a moulded pedestal base, also polygonal. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM03000457] with date in the 15th century. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP03W00483].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 512024 5159091
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.585278, 3.156944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 35′ 7″ N, 3° 9′ 25″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 112 x 132 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * "h = 82 ; l = 130 ; la = 112" Palissy [ref.: PM03000457]