Lyons-la-Foret / Lyons-la-Forêt

INFORMATION

FontID: 04538LYO
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Denis
Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located on the RN321, 54 km NE of Évreux
Font Location in Church: In the south-west end of the nave
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Described in the Inventaire général... (1976) as a monolithic baptismal font dated probably to the 12th or 13th century; the basin is octagonal, as are the pedestal base and the flat wooden cover.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

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