Bezu-la-Foret No. 1 / Bézu-la-Fôret
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04533BEZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Bézu-la-Forêt
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA27000026]: "L'église paroissiale de Bézu-la-Forêt est un édifice [...] dont la partie la plus ancienne (nef) date du 14e siècle."
Church Address: 42 Rue de l'Église 27480 Bézu-la-Forêt, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D316, 11 km E of, and in the canton de Lyons-la-Fôret, arrondissement Les Andelys
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1983) as a monolithic baptismal font probably of the 16th century and being in a poor state of repair; the octagonal basin has a chamfered underbowl. The upper part of the quadrangular base is also chamfered. The lower base is octagonal. The flat wooden cover is octagonal.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.4081, 1.6285
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 24′ 29.16″ N, 1° 37′ 42.6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (ochre)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm
Basin Total Height: 76 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1976) *[NB: this measurement is given as "prof." in the text, but it cannot be the internal depth of the basin]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
- Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Haute Normandie, Eure: canton Lyons-la-Forêt, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1976, p. 41