Saint-Sernin-du-Bois
Image copyright © Eduard van Boxtel, 2017
Image and permission received from the author via Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
Results: 9 records
design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: one on each side on what could be described as the upper base of the monolithic font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eduard van Boxtel, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 July 2015 by Eduard van Boxtel
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
human figure - head
Scene Description: two of them, much damaged and eroded, showing here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eduard van Boxtel, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 July 2015 by Eduard van Boxtel
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
view of church exterior
Scene Description: Source caption: "Kirche in Saint-Sernin-du-Bois im Département Saône-et-Loire (Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/Frankreich)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Sernin-du-Bois_(71)_Église_209.jpg] [accessed 7 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Priorat in Saint-Sernin-du-Bois im Département Saône-et-Loire (Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/Frankreich)" -- the present church in the centre of the image, with the square tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Sernin-du-Bois_(71)_Prieuré_208.jpg] [accessed 7 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, vue de la nef et du chœur"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J. Goubin, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by J. Goubin in Creusot Montceau [https://www.creusotmontceautourisme.fr/offres/eglise-saint-saturnin-saint-sernin-du-bois-fr-4182117/] [accessed 7 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, vue sur la nef et la tribune" -- showing the present font in the foregorund
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pronaos, 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Pronaos in Creusot Montceau [https://www.creusotmontceautourisme.fr/offres/eglise-saint-saturnin-saint-sernin-du-bois-fr-4182117/] [accessed 7 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of context
![Source caption: "Ehemaliges Priorat in Saint-Sernin-du-Bois im Département Saône-et-Loire (Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/Frankreich), Bergfried" -- the former 'donjon' of the priory houses now the Musée communal Raymond Rochette conservant des antiquités et quelques fragments romans [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1240607005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ehemaliges Priorat in Saint-Sernin-du-Bois im Département Saône-et-Loire (Region Bourgogne-Franche-Comté/Frankreich), Bergfried" -- the former 'donjon' of the priory houses now the Musée communal Raymond Rochette conservant des antiquités et quelques fragments romans [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 5 September 2022 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Sernin-du-Bois_(71)_Prieuré_Donjon_211.jpg] [accessed 7 June 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of font
Scene Description: showing the old font in the Musée communal Raymond Rochette
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eduard van Boxtel, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 20 July 2015 by Eduard van Boxtel
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
view of font in context
Scene Description: showing the old font in a corner, about the centre of the image, in the Musée communal Raymond Rochette
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eduard van Boxtel, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 28 August 2013 by Eduard van Boxtel
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2024)
INFORMATION
FontID: 25539SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée communal Raymond Rochette
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Saturnin
Church Patron Saints: St. Saturninus of Toulouse [aka Saturnin, Sernin, Sirnin]
Church Location: Rue de la Tour, 71200 Saint-Sernin-du-Bois, France
Country Name: France
Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off road D138, 4 km N of Le Creusot, about 16 km SSE of Autun
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Autun (-Châlon-sur-Saône-Mâcon-Cluny)
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Eduard van Boxtel for his photographs of the old font, and to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: former priory 11thC; modified 1280; restored 21stC
Font Notes:
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A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 2 June 2004) with information supplied by Eduard van Boxtel [+31 (0) 6 41892569
EduardvanBoxtel@Gmail.com] notes: "The baptismal font of the first Romanesque church is kept in the corner of a room at the local museum Raymond Rochette [https://www.mairiesaintsernindubois.fr/tourisme-patrimoine/le-musee/] [accessed 2 June 2024]. Le site de l’ancien prieuré augustin de Saint-Sernin nous présente l’église remaniée, dont le chœur et le transept voûtés en berceau remontent à l’époque romane, ainsi que l’ancien manoir abbatial du 13e siècle et un haut donjon du 14e siècle. Le donjon abrite le musée communal Raymond Rochette conservant des antiquités et quelques fragments romans".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.84141, 4.43238
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 50′ 29.08″ N, 4° 25′ 56.57″ E
UTM: 31T 609219 5188537
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal