Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix du 15e siècle
Montusclat, Haute-Loire, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix du 15e siècle : inscription par arrêté du 11 juin 1930
- Protection dates
- 1930/06/11 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Address
- Place publique
- Commune
- Montusclat
- Département
- Haute-Loire
- Region
- Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 45.01296, 4.12343
- Mérimée reference
- PA00092719
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesDavid Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford LibrariesIGN France — GéoportailBibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica)
5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1777 map "89 Le Puy." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
Les croisillons et l'extrémité supérieure de la croix sont décorés de feuillages appliqués aux quatre angles et de section hexagonale. La face antérieure présente le Christ sous un grand lambel, la tête auréolée inclinée sur l'épaule droite. Le bras manque. La face postérieure présente la Vierge tenant le corps du Christ sur ses genoux. Le fût est hexagonal avec chapiteau et astragale.
English translation
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History
The cross-arms and the upper extremity of the cross are decorated with foliage applied to the four angles and of hexagonal section. The front face presents the Christ beneath a large lambel, the haloed head inclined on the right shoulder. The arm is missing. The back face presents the Virgin holding the body of Christ on her knees. The shaft is hexagonal with capital and astragal.
Nearby in the register
- Maison Sauronmaisonunder 1 mi
- Maison Matemaisonunder 1 mi
- Ferme de Bigorreferme2 mi
- Croix de la Pradette, du 16e sièclecroix monumentale2 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.