Jumieges / Jumièges
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04295JUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Valentin de Jumièges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Valentin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100727]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Church Address: Rue Guillaume le Conquérant, 76480 Jumièges, France -- Tel.: +33 2 35 37 74 59
Site Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D65, 21 km W of Rouen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rouen
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 14th century baptismal font. August 2024 photograph of this font and its cover by Cadinot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonds_baptismaux_de_l'église_Saint_Valentin_de_Jumièges.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2025].
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 342078 5478062
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.4347, 0.8218
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 26′ 4.92″ N, 0° 49′ 18.48″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: lead lined
LID INFORMATION
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal pointed dome with missing finial; appears to be of metal or metalic paint covered
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV B 90