Magnet No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 19072MAG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Magnet
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent of Paul
Church Notes: 12thC church;
Church Address: place Edmond Gamet, 03260 Magnet, France
Site Location: Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D173-D473 crossroads, 15-20 km NNE of Vichy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Moulins
Historical Region: Pays de Lapalisse
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Reported in an oral presentation by Georges de Soultrait to the 21st session of the 1854 Congrès archéologique de France, as one of several stone fonts of the late-15th or early-16th century in the Allier.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 538614 5118629
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.22014, 3.50067
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 13′ 12.5″ N, 3° 30′ 2.41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Société française d'archéologie, Congrès archéologique de France (XXIe session, Moulins, France, 1854), Paris: Derache, 1855, p. 120