Alise-Sainte-Reine No. 2 / Alesia

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Results: 4 records

design element - motifs - foliage

on the sides of the underbowl
Scene Description: on the sides of the underbowl

human figure - head

at one of the angles of the basin underbowl
Scene Description: at one of the angles of the basin underbowl

view of basin

view of stoup

the metal detail on the right corner of the upper rim suggests it may have been an anchoring for a cover, which would make this object a font, or having been used as one at some point [cf. FontNotes]
Scene Description: the metal detail on the right corner of the upper rim suggests it may have been an anchoring for a cover, which would make this object a font, or having been used as one at some point [cf. FontNotes]

INFORMATION

FontID: 24581ALI
Object Type: Stoup?
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Léger d'Alise-Sainte-Reine
Church Patron Saints: St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Location: 12 Rue du Palais, 21150 Alise-Sainte-Reine, France
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d’Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off local road D103J [aka rue de la Croix Pirois], 2-3 km E of Venarey-les-Laumes, 17 km SE of Montbard, 50 km NW of Dijon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Dijon
Historical Region: La Nièvre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [composite?], Medieval [composite]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
Font Notes:
There is an object in this church that appears to be used as a holy-water stoup; it consists of a quadrangular basin decorated with a human head and large foliage motifs on the underbowl; it appears to be mounted on the wall behind or be part of it; on a pedestal base that is octagonal-to-square and appears of a different design, stone and period. It has what appears to be the remains of a lead plug in an upper corner of the rim, which would suggest it may have been an anchoring for a cover, itself an indication that this object may have been used as a font at some time in the past. [cf. BSI entry for Alise-Sainte-Reine No. 1 for the baptismal font in the baptistery chapel of this church]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.536167, 4.495167
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 32′ 10.2″ N, 4° 29′ 42.6″ E
UTM: 31T 612528 5265832

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 2
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]