Bures-en-Bray

INFORMATION

FontID: 04280BUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Aignan
Church Patron Saints: St. Aignan [aka Agnan, Aignan of Orleans, Anianus]
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Londinières, about 28 km SE of Dieppe
Font Location in Church: By the entrance
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as being a font [date?] on which has been placed, as cover, an old wooden tabernacle of the 15th century(?), painted and sculpted [NB: it is not clear from the source whether the font, the cover or both are from the 15th century]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

LID INFORMATION

Date: 15th century?
Material: wood
Notes: an old wooden tabernacle of the 15th century(?), painted and sculpted, is now being used as font cover

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-