Bezu-la-Foret No. 2 / Bézu-la-Fôret

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B01: design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: a/p Inventaire général... (1976)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04534BEZ
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: Wall-mounted on the south wall of the nave, between the 2nd and 3rd window
Century and Period: 16th century,
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.

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