Courgeon
Results: 2 records
B01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with ring handle in the mouth
Scene Description: one on each side of the basin, a/p description in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
LID01: animal - mammal - lion - head - with ring handle in the mouth
Scene Description: one on each side of the font cover, a/p description in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
INFORMATION
FontID: 04282COU
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Orne, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Mortagne-au-Perche, 35 km ENE of Alençon
Century and Period: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a late 15th-century tin baptismal font; the octagonal basin has panels decorated "à plis de serviette" and with Gothic columns; there are two lion heads which support ring handles at opposite sides of the basin; this same distribution is also present on the cover.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
metal, tin
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 15th century (late)
Material:
metal,
tin
Notes: [cf. Font notes for details]
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-