Mornay-Berry
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Sulpice de Mornay-Berry"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chatsam, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2020 by Chatsam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Sulpice_de_Mornay-Berry_03.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Sulpice de Mornay-Berry"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chatsam, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2020 by Chatsam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Sulpice_de_Mornay-Berry_05.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Sulpice de Mornay-Berry"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chatsam, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 9 August 2020 by Chatsam [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Sulpice_de_Mornay-Berry_04.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: partially showing the font in the northwest corner
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr], 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr/Centre/18/M/Mornay/mornay.htm] [accessed 29 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font - north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr], 2024
Image Source: digital photograph by Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr/Centre/18/M/Mornay/mornay.htm] [accessed 29 September 2024]
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
view of font and cover
Image Source: digital image [source N/A] provided by Pol Martin
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 25732MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sulpice à Mornay-Berry
Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Church Location: Rte de Nevers, Le Bourg, 18350 Mornay-Berry, France
Country Name: France
Location: Cher, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D12-D6 crossroads, 25-30 km NW of Nevers, about 40 km E of Bourges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it; we are also grateful to Eric Monnier-Couedor [https://photos-eglises.fr] for his permission to reproduce the photographs of this church
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; much modied since; restored 1847 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00096850]: "Eglise des 12e ou 13e siècles, composée d'une nef autrefois voûtée en bois à charpente apparente. La travée entre la nef et l'abside porte clocher, sur une voûte oblongue, avec coupole à arêtes, sur trompes. Les arcs doubleaux sont supportés par des colonnes à chapiteaux avec feuillages sculptés. L'abside est voûtée en cul de four."
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of stone consisting of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides, raised on an octagonal-to-square base with stops at the four corners. The font cover is octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.0488, 2.8715
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 2′ 55.68″ N, 2° 52′ 17.4″ E
UTM: 31T 490240 5210595
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]