Houdetot
Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Photograph and Permission received
Results: 2 records
B01: animal - fish - sea-horse
Scene Description: one oin each of the framed panels of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Image Source: C.S. Drake
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and Permission received
view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Image Source: C.S. Drake
Copyright Instructions: Photograph and Permission received
INFORMATION
FontID: 02091HOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée des antiquités de Rouen
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre, Houdetot
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 1 Rte de Bourville, 76740 Houdetot, France -- Tel.: +33 2 35 85 31 24
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie
Directions to Site: Houdetot is located off the D70, 5 km W of Fontaine-le-Dun, about 50 km NNW of Rouen [the font is in a museum in Rouen]
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to C.S. Drake for the image and description of this font
Church Notes: The font is kept, according to C.S. Drake, in the Musée des antiquités de Rouen
Font Notes:
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Metal baptismal font probably of the 13th century. A photograph supplied by Colin S. Drake shows a quasi-cylindrical metal (lead?) font; the sides are divided in vertical sections (8?) and each one contains what appears to be a sea-horse. Drake reads it as "repeated design of sea-horses [?] facing alternate ways [letter from Drake to BAPTISTERIA SACRA, 26 August 1998]. The font is now mounted on a stone base.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.81284, 0.80326
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 48′ 46.22″ N, 0° 48′ 11.74″ E
UTM: 31U 341962 5520137
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped -- cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round