Ecos / Écos

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03174ECO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Denis d'Écos
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00017188]: "Eglise consacrée en 1258 ; clocher et nef reconstruits au 15e siècle (portail) ; voûtes du choeur reconstruites au 17e siècle ; restaurations 19e siècle"
Church Address: 4 D119, 27630 Vexin-sur-Epte, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D119, in the municipality of Vexin-sur-Epte, about 40 km NE of Evreux, about 15 km W of Magny-en-Vexin, with an interesting font.
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Additional Comments: painted font (traces of) -- disappeared font? (the one from the mid-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 14th century marble font mounted on a five-support base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27003282]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale à infusion) [...] Calcaire [...] Socle carré ; pied et cuve de forme octogonale [...] 14e siècle (?) [...] H = 110 ; la = 86 [...] Le bord de la cuve est en mauvais état ; traces de polychromie".

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.158626, 1.605949
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 9′ 31.06″ N, 1° 36′ 21.41″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 86 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 777 footnote 4
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.