Bezu-la-Foret No. 2 / Bézu-la-Fôret

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04534BEZ
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Bézu-la-Forêt
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the south wall of the nave, between the 2nd and 3rd window
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
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
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1976) as a 16th-century holy-water stoup of ochre limestone in a poor state of repair; it is described as pear-shaped with a round well and ornamented with fluted pattern.

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: pear-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 18 cm
Basin Total Height: 17 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 17 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]

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