Semelay No. 2 / Semalay / Sémelay / Semelayum / Simullai

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21589SEM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: 58360 Sémelay, France

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located 8 km S of Saint-Honoré-les-Bains, 14 km from Luzy, between Autun and Decize.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Autun

Historical Region: Nivernais / Le Morvan nivernais

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century

Font Notes: Click to view

The limestone baptismal font of the 16th century has a painted clay insert of the 19th-20th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM58001437]: "Les fonts baptismaux sont du 16e siècle tandis que la cuvette a été réalisée à Nevers par Gabriel Montagnon [faïencier] entre 1899 et 1937 [...] croix peintes au fond de la cuvette et croix sculptée sur les fonts baptismaux."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

Diameter (includes rim): 67 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM58001437]