Bezu-la-Foret No. 1 / Bézu-la-Fôret

INFORMATION

FontID: 04533BEZ
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located on th RN316, 11 km E of, and in the canton de Lyons-la-Fôret, arrondissement Les Andelys
Font Location in Church: In the north-west angle of the nave
Century and Period: 16th century,
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.

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