Lorleau
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04537LOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Located inside the church, ar the W end of the nave, north side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed Mérimée [ref.: IA00016892]: "Edifice 16e siècle ? ; transept ajouté au 17e siècle"
Church Address: 27480 Lorleau, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D132, 2.5 km N of, and in the canton de Lyons-la-Fôret, arrondissement Les Andelys
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1976) as a 15th-century (probably) octagonal mounted baptismal font; the base is octagonal with vertical sides; the lower base is also octagonal. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27001000]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale à infusion) [...] calcaire [...] 15e siècle (?) [...] H = 106 ; d = 64".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 391129 5474524
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.41365, 1.49903
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 24′ 49.14″ N, 1° 29′ 56.51″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 64 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- 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.
- 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. 166