Saint-Benoît-du-Sault / Mont-du-Sault / Salis
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design element - motifs - ball
Scene Description: on seven of the eight sides of the basin; not the same number on every side
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design element - motifs - moulding and piping
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view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Diocèse de Bourges, 2016
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the lower sides of the basin are damaged and the lower base appears to be a later addition or replacement
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: ca. 1957
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © CESCM (Centre d'études supérieures de civilisation médiévale), 1957
Image Source: B&W photograph in Crozet (1957)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20381SAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Benoît [ancien prieuré de l’abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire]
Church Patron Saints: St. Benedict [aka Benet]
Church Location: Place de l'église, 36170 Saint-Benoît-du-Sault, France
Country Name: France
Location: Indre, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D1, 4 km N of La Châtre-Langlin, 48 km SSW of Châteauroux, 75 from Limoges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bourges
Historical Region: Boischaut Sud / Berry region
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 10th - 11th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Church Notes: Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097446]: "prieuré, établi en 974-975 à Sault [...] construction de l'église actuelle eut lieu vers 1020-1030". -- ancient priory of the abbaye de Saint-Benoît-sur-Loire, served both as abbey and parish church; destroyed in the wars of religion; present abbey buildings chiefly 18thC;
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Crozet (1957): "Le clocher-porche [...] abrite une imposante cuve baptismale octogonale en granit; les pans de la cuve, sauf un, sont ornés de grosses boules inscrites dans la partie supérieure de cadres rectangulaires formés de moulures toriques." Listed in Monuments historiques (1992, 2002), Palissy [ref.: PM36000230]: 'cuve baptismale [...] de forme octogonale [...] d = 120 [...] 10e siècle ; 11e siècle (?)". Noted in 'Cuves baptismales et fonts baptismaux : évolution formelle avant le XVIe siècle' [www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/CATALOGUES/fontsbapt/fontsbapt_histav16e/html/fontsbapt_histav16e.html] [accessed 28 February 2016] with date possibly in the 10th century. The Saint Benoit du Sault web site [www.saint-benoit-du-sault.fr/Index.html] [accessed 28 February 2016] notes: "Son église date des premières années de l’an mil. [...] Sa tour du clocher, reconstruite au quatorzième siècle, abrite un baptistère monumental monolithe de facture carolingienne."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.438379, 1.390001
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 26′ 18.16″ N, 1° 23′ 24.01″ E
UTM: 31T 376323 5144016
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM36000230]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1954
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: round low-dome with orb-and-cross finial; 1954
REFERENCES
Crozet, René, "L'église de Saint-Benoît-du-Sault (Indre)", 115, 4, Bulletin Monumental, 1957, pp. 271-278; p. 274-275