Touffreville in Les Andelys / Touffréville
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04540TOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Touffréville
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00016858]: "Murs de la nef et chevet 11e siècle ; chapelles début 18e siècle ? ; clocher reconstruit au 18e siècle".
Church Address: 2 Rue de l'Église, 27440 Touffréville, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D12, 6 km S 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 stone baptismal font probably of the 12th century; the basin is octagonal with tapered irregular sides and the inside of the well is divided by a lead partition [probably of a later date?]; the stem of the base is cylindrical; the lower base is quadrangular. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27001093]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale à infusion) [...] 12e siècle (?) [...] H = 108 ; la = 88 ; pr = 90 [...] Les fonts sont en pierre ; le couvercle est en bois [...] Mauvais état [...] À l'angle nord ouest de la nef".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 387072 5467818
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.35261, 1.44502
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 21′ 9.4″ N, 1° 26′ 42.07″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 88 x 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: [cf, FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: Flat octagonal wooden cover.
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
- 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. 275