Lasson

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03564LAS
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Lasson
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 22 Grande Rue, 89570 Lasson, France
Country Name: France
Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the D152, E of the N77, about 40 km NNE of Auxerre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sens & Auxerre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel at the W end
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century (?), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113726]: "16e siècle"
Listed in Corblet (1881-1882) simply as a Renaissance font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM89001582]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 98 [...] Bas-côté nord, 1ère travée, chapelle des fonts [...] Ces fonts sont à rapprocher de ceux de Beugnon et de Sormery. La composition est la même (écus et méandres grecs). Ici, la cuve est, non plus hexagonale, mais octogonale. Les écussons sont lisses. La sculpture est plus sèche. Ces fonts pourraient avoir été faits beaucoup plus tardivement mais sur le modèle des deux autres." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP89W01073]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.059358, 3.815055
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 3′ 33.69″ N, 3° 48′ 54.2″ E
UTM: 31U 560729 5323219

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-04-08 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-04-08 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.