Montchauvet

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04339MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Gassicourt, Mantes, Vétheuil, Limay
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine de Montchauvet
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary Magdalene [origianlly dedicated to Saint-Fiacre]
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087547]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 1ère moitié 20e siècle"
Church Address: 1 Rue de la Côté Vacher, 78790 Montchauvet, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D11, about 14-15 km N of Houdan, 28 km NW of Rambouillet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 13th century sculptured baptismal font. Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000), where it is compared to the fonts at Limay and Vétheuil; though of a general oval shape it actually is dodecagonal, also like the Limay font, and has similar though not identical ornamentation: a garland at the upper rim side (some damage where the cover staples were); the register below the rim has quatrefoil windows with rosette inserts, although one appears to be an animal head; the level below, equivalent to the base, has thin, tall, round arches all around. Early fonts of this general oval shape are not rare in this area of France [cf. Index entry for St. Loup-de-Naud, etc.]. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM78000388]: "Fonts baptismaux : cuve baptismale à douze côtés [...] 13e siècle [...] H = 80 ; d = 120 [...] Ornement végétal (feuille de vigne, raisin : grappe) ; ornement végétal (fleur) ; ornement animal (bovin : tête) ; ornement (cannelure)". Illustrated in Mémoire [AP05L00240, AP78W00505, AP78W01964, AP78W01965].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 399696 5416377
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.89222, 1.63158
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 53′ 31.99″ N, 1° 37′ 53.69″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: oval-dodecagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat wooden lid; appears modern

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV D 114
  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 326
  • 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, 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, 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, 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.