Saint-Maurice-des-Champs
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view of basin - upper view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint-Maurice-des-Champs - Eglise Saint-Maurice"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cantepien, 2019
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2019 by Cantepien [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Maurice-des-Champs_-_Eglise_Saint-Maurice_-_13.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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human figure - head - 4
Scene Description: some damaged/eroded
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cantepien, 2019
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 6 July 2019 by Cantepien [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Maurice-des-Champs_-_Eglise_Saint-Maurice_-_13.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de Saint-Maurice-des-Champs"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GdeLaB, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2014 by GdeLaB [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint-Maurice-des-Champs.JPG] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint-Maurice-des-Champs - Eglise Saint-Maurice"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Cantepien, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2019 by Cantepien [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Maurice-des-Champs_-_Eglise_Saint-Maurice_-_11.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Boucaud, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Pierre Boucaud, in Bourgogne romane [http://www.bourgogneromane.com/edifices/stmauricedeschamps.htm] [accessed 23 April 2024]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
human figure - head - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bourgogne médiévale, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 2017 in Bourgogne médiévale [https://bourgognemedievale.com/departement-et-pays/saone-et-loire/pays-chalonnais-sud-cote-chalonnaise/saint-maurice-champs/] [accessed 23 April 2024].
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25458MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maurice de Saint-Maurice-des-Champs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW area of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113449]: "Eglise [...] 12e siècle"
Church Address: 2 Imp. du Repos, 71460 Saint-Maurice-des-Champs, France
Site Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D236A, 25-30 km SW of Chalon-sur-Saône
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Autun, Chalon et Mâcon
Historical Region: La Chalonnaise, Bourgogne
Additional Comments: damaged font (the much eroded surface appears to be due to a chemical reaction in the stone)
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Bourgogne romane [http://www.bourgogneromane.com/edifices/stmauricedeschamps.htm] [accessed 23 April 2024] notes and illustrates a baptismal font decorated with four human heads set at 90-degraa angles below the upper rim of the basin ["Fonts baptismaux avec têtes sculptées"]. Ditto in Bourgogne médiévale [https://bourgognemedievale.com/departement-et-pays/saone-et-loire/pays-chalonnais-sud-cote-chalonnaise/saint-maurice-champs/] [accessed 23 April 2024]. The baptismal font here is also noted in La Bougone [https://www.burgundy-tourism.com/religious-monuments/eglise-saint-maurice-5] [accessed 23 April 2024]: "Romanesque baptismal tank decorated with sculpted heads." The upper area of the basin shows a circular indentation to fit a round cover, and drilled holes for cover anchorings, one of which has caused damage to the top of a head; on a broader circular base. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefult to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 624072 5165278
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.62958, 4.62082
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 37′ 46.49″ N, 4° 37′ 14.95″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining