Saint-Florentin / St-Florentin
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BU01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: in very high relief
INFORMATION
FontID: 04037FLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Florentin
Church Patron Saints: St. Florentin [Florentinus?]
Country Name: France
Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located 25 kms NNE of Auxerre, 50 kms SW of Troyes
Font Location in Church: In a side chapel
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Font Notes:
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Octagonal mounted font of the early 17th century; the octagonal basin is graded with deeply-carved foliage ornamentation on the underbowl. The base consists of a plain octagonal stem with thin moulding at top and bottom and a lower base, also octagonal, with two large mouldings. It has a dome brass cover with a Latin cross finial and is located in its own side chapel.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Notes: cf. Font notes
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-