Mercurey
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Mercury (Saône-et-Loire, Fr) church and war memorial"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 June 2010 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercury_(Saône-et-Loire,_Fr)_église,.JPG] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption à Mercurey"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 19 April 2023 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mercurey_(71)_Église_Notre-Dame_de_l'Assomption_-_Intérieur_-_02.jpg] [accessed 23 April 2024]
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view of font
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
inscription - partial
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes and InscriptionArea]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25459MER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1638
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid), Baroque [composite font?]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113358]: "Eglise Saint-Symphorien [...] construite entre le 13e et le 16e siècle"
Church Address: 22 Rue de Jamproyes Bis, 71640 Mercurey, France
Site Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D978 [aka Grande Rue], 12-13 km NW of Chalon-sur-Saône
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Autun, Chalon et Mâcon
Additional Comments: composite font? (wound basin on a sqyare pedestal base) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM71001668]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale) [...] Calcaire : taillé [...] 1638". Odd looking combination of rouned basi and square pedestal base suggest a composite object; an inscription in the basin sides has the JHS emblem [crossed on the H] a name(?) and a date, either 1638 or 1635.
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 631109 5188777
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.839623, 4.719422
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 50′ 22.64″ N, 4° 43′ 9.92″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the sides
Inscription Text: "IH+SMA / MAROT / 1638"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
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.