Maudetour-en-Vexin / Maudétour-en-Vexin

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03947MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption [orig. from the old church by the cemetery]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: The church from which the font originates no longer exists.
Site Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Magny-en-Vexin, arrondissement de Pontoise
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Pontoise
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Val-d'Oise (1999) as a 16th century font originally from the old church which existed on the site of the cemetery. The basin is octagonal in shape and mounted on a short stump equally octagonal; the basin has a floral/foliage motif on each side.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: The basin well is lead-lined

REFERENCES

  • Tewkesbury Abbey (a Pitkin guide), Andover, Hants.: Pitkin Pictorials, 1992, vol. 2, p. 573