Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

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view of church exterior - west end

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye"

Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2008 by Pymouss44 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye_église.JPG] [accessed 31 March 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Les fonts baptismaux - Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye"

Image Source: digital photograph 23 June 2009 in communes.com [https://www.communes.com/photo-saint-amand-en-puisaye,51702] [accessed 31 March 2023]

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 24641PUI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Amand de Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye

Church Patron Saints: St. Amand [aka Amandus]

Church Location: 47 Grande Rue, 58310 Saint-Amand-en-Puisaye, France

Country Name: France

Location: Nièvre, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located at the confluence of the D2-D251-D514-D957, 30 km NE of Sancerre, 60-70 km NE of Bourges

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 12th - 14th century [basin only], Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112999]: "13e siècle ; 16e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view

Baptismal font consisting of a polygonal basin raised on a cross-shaped pedestal base; the basin is a crude irregular work devoid of any decoration; the base is a modern replacement. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.529217, 3.074542

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 31′ 45.18″ N, 3° 4′ 28.35″ E

UTM: 31T 505611 5263979

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal