Saint Christophe le Chaudry
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint Christophe le Chaudry"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Laurent-Cédric, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 September 2022 by Laurent-Cédric [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_de_Saint_Christophe_le_Chaudry.jpg] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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view of font
Scene Description: the metal object at the top is a lead insert with a divided interior [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photgraph by Robert Malnoury, José Martin, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR24_19951800175X] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2024
Image Source: digital image of a B&W photgraph by Robert Malnoury, José Martin, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR24_19951800174X] [accessed 1 January 2024]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 25228CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Christophe de Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Church Location: Rte de Reigny, 18270 Saint-Christophe-le-Chaudry, France
Country Name: France
Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D997, just N of Reignyon the E bank of the Arnon river, about 50 km S of Bourges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bourges
Historical Region: Le Berry
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC chapel belonging to the abbaye Notre-Dame de Déols; became parochial in the 14thC; restored late-20thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA18000112]: "Mentionnée comme chapelle sous le patronage de l'abbaye de Déols en 1115 et comme église paroissiale en 1365. L'ensemble date de la 1ère moitié du 12e siècle. Construction au 16e siècle (?) d'une chapelle seigneuriale au sud. 1633 : réfection de la charpente de la nef (date portée sur l'entrait) et probablement ajout d'un clocher en charpente. 1868 : construction d'une chapelle au nord. 1879 : ajout d'une sacristie et d'une tribune. Restauration du choeur en 1990."
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM18000677]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Taille de pierre [Grès]; sculpture [...] H = 87 ; d = 50 ; colonne et du socle ; couvercle : h = 70 [...] L'intérieur de la cuve est en plomb, le couvercle est en cuivre : cuve à 3 cuvettes [...] 18e siècle [...] Au sol ; circulaire ; octogonal [...] Dans la nef contre le mur ouest". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: IVR24_19951800175X, IVR24_19951800174X]. The object is rather odd for a font and could be a composite; not clear whether the 19th-century dating in Palissy [cf. supra] refers to the whole font, a part of it or its cover. The divsions indicated above probably refer to the lead insert, not the stone basin.
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 11 May 2023) includes an inquire he sent to an auction house [Michel DARMANCIER – Olivier CLAIR] in whose offerings list [103753_28301897_eb2318f47802d2c3968956e186ca58da.pdf] [accessed 1 January 2024] appears under lot#178 a baptismal font from the church at Saint Christophe le Chaudry "Art roman : fonts baptismaux pierre, forme circulaire à pans coupés Provenance : Eglise de Saint Christophe le Chaudry Hauteur : 37 cm Ø 73 cm" [NB: no image available and the measurements do noy match those Palissy]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.5821, 2.36828
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 34′ 55.56″ N, 2° 22′ 5.81″ E
UTM: 31T 451600 5158920
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: lead insert [cf. FontNotes]
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]