Base Mérimée: Monuments historiques · France
Croix en fer forgé
Sainte-Enimie, Lozère, France
The record
- Designation
- Historic monument, registered (inscrit)
- Protection
- inscrit MH
- Extent of protection
- Croix en fer forgé, près du village de Champerboux : inscription par arrêté du 13 juillet 1926
- Protection dates
- 1926/07/13 : inscrit MH
- Type
- croix monumentale
- Main period of construction
- 15e siècle
- Ownership
- propriété de la commune
- Commune
- Sainte-Enimie
- Département
- Lozère
- Region
- Occitanie
- Country
- France
- Coordinates
- 44.40956, 3.41085
- Mérimée reference
- PA00103919
Slide toward Today to fade the historical sheet and see the modern map underneath.
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5 historical maps cover this location, the earliest the 1780 map "55 Mende." (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries).
The Ministère de la Culture's notice
Historique
La croix est de section carrée. L'extrémité supérieure au-dessus des bras se termine par un noeud à pointe de diamant. A mi-hauteur se trouvent les restes de l'exergue qui devait porter le monogramme du Christ. Au second tiers de leur longueur, les bras portent un noeud d'où s'échappent quatre feuilles, deux en haut et deux en bas. Des feuillages ornent la tige et les bras. L'une des faces porte le Christ, l'autre une Vierge à l'Enfant. D'après la tradition, cette croix se trouvait dans l'ancien cimetière et servait à porter les cierges brûlés lors des cérémonies. La base, sur la face principale, présente une inscription latine.
English translation
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History
The cross is of square section. The upper end above the arms terminates in a knot with diamond point. At mid-height are found the remains of the exergue which must have borne the monogram of Christ. At the second third of their length, the arms bear a knot from which escape four leaves, two above and two below. Foliage ornaments the stem and the arms. One of the faces bears Christ, the other a Virgin and Child. According to tradition, this cross was found in the old cemetery and served to carry the candles burned during ceremonies. The base, on the main face, presents a Latin inscription.
Nearby in the register
- Ensemble mégalithique de l'Aire des Trois-Seigneurssite archéologique1 mi
- Domaine de Boissetsferme3 mi
- Ancienne abbayeabbaye3 mi
- Maisonmaison3 mi
Other entries of the same register within about three miles of this one, by straight line.