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B02: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ
B03: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Ascension
B04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Adoration of the Christ-child by the shepherds
INFORMATION
FontID: 03940LOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Justin
Church Patron Saints: St. Justin
Country Name: France
Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: In the canton de Goussainville, arrondissement de Montmorency
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999) as a round (?) font whose basin sides are ornamented with four badly damaged scenes: Last Supper, Baptism of Christ, Resurrection and Adoration of the Shepherds; the basin has a deep scotia under the rim; below it a band of mixed motifs (diamonds, dots, rosettes, etc.); the scenes are said to have been hammered off during the Revolution. The short stem of the base has palmette motif and the lower base is plain. The flat wooden lid is hinged in the centre and opens to both ends. The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) describes it simply as a baptismal font of the 16th century. [NB: the general shape of the font could be oval or round; unable to tell from the sources]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Tewkesbury Abbey (a Pitkin guide), Andover, Hants.: Pitkin Pictorials, 1992