Lyons-la-Foret / Lyons-la-Forêt
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04538LYO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099476]: "16e siècle"
Church Address: 4 Rue de l'Eglise, 27480 Lyons-la-Forêt, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D321, 54 km NE of Évreux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Font Notes:
Click to view
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.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.39899, 1.46676
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 23′ 56.36″ N, 1° 28′ 0.34″ E
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, p. 185