Grez-sur-Loing
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03104GRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [Enlart], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-et-Saint-Laurent de Grez-sur-Loing [aka Église Saint-Laurent,
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Notes: founded 12thC as a priory church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087018]
Church Address: Rue Wilson, 77880 Grez-sur-Loing, France
Site Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Grez-sur-Loing is located off (E) the D607/RN7, about 12 km S of Fontainebleau, on the N banks of the Canal du Loing
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of 14th century fonts "en forme de navette".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 477060 5351406
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.31543, 2.69059
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 18′ 55.55″ N, 2° 41′ 26.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 776 footnote 3