Jonvelle No. 2
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptistère de l'église de Jonvelle"
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25410JON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne priorale] de l'Assomption de Jonvelle
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel [Chapelle du Rosaire]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC priory church originally dedicated to St. Mary and St. Peter; became parochial 1598; modified 19thC -- for the remains of the Gallo-Roman baths see https://sites.google.com/site/museejonvelle/les-vestiges-gallo-romains?authuser=0 [accessed 2 April 2024]
Church Address: 5 Pl. Raymond Senille, 70500 Jonvelle, France
Site Location: Haute-Saône, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D417, 50+ km ENE of Langres, near the departmental border with Vosges
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Besançon
Historical Region: Hauts du Val de Saône / Franche-Comté
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (was there a font here in the 12thC?)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of stone in the early-16th century located in the baptistery chapel, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM70000815]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 1er quart 16e siècle [...] Chapelle des fonts baptismaux". The entry for this church in the Jonvelle site [https://sites.google.com/site/museejonvelle/jonvelle/richesses-architecturales/léglise/une-architecture-originale] [accessed 2 April 2024] reports a 17th-century baptismal font in the Chapelle du Rosaire ["Chapelle du Rosaire sous le clocher. Elle accueille les fonts baptismaux et date de 1635 [...]
La cuve baptismale en pierre date du XVIIème siècle". The font consists of an octagonal basin with some of its sidess decorated with deeply-carved niches separated by patterned columns (at least one of the sides is plain, never carved); raised on a square pedestal base with four clustered colonnettes, the lower base moulded and also square. Plain wooden cover, round and flat.
La cuve baptismale en pierre date du XVIIème siècle". The font consists of an octagonal basin with some of its sidess decorated with deeply-carved niches separated by patterned columns (at least one of the sides is plain, never carved); raised on a square pedestal base with four clustered colonnettes, the lower base moulded and also square. Plain wooden cover, round and flat.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 718163 5313440
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.937106, 5.921197
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 56′ 13.58″ N, 5° 55′ 16.31″ E
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.