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

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 21589SEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul de Sémelay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Address: 233-239 Le Bourg, 58360 Sémelay, France
Site Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D289, 8 km S of Saint-Honoré-les-Bains, 14 km from Luzy, between Autun and Decize.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nevers
Historical Region: Nivernais / Le Morvan nivernais
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 10th- and/or 12thC-church here)
Font Notes:
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."

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 564889 5189087
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.852155, 3.851168
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 51′ 7.76″ N, 3° 51′ 4.21″ E

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]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.