Menilles / Ménilles

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04299MEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (late), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099482]: "Le portail date des 14e et 15e siècles, tandis que l'église est des 15e et 16e siècles."
Church Address: 6 Rue Roederer, 27120 Ménilles, France -- Tel.: +33 2 32 36 01 61
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Pacy-sur-Eure, 18 km E of Évreux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a baptismal font of the late 15th century. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM27001125]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 16e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: APMH0195756]. Polygonal basin decorated with two levels of vines separated by mouldings, and a band of rosettes around the underbowl; the pedestal base has diagonal ribs or pipes. No font cover present but there is damage to the upper rim where the metal staple has splith the stone.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 380916 5432430
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.03324, 1.37077
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 1′ 59.66″ N, 1° 22′ 14.77″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV B 110
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.