Badonvilliers
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04542BAD
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Badonvilliers
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: present church 1732
Church Address: 55130 Badonvilliers-Gérauvilliers, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the D168-D193 crossroads, 2.5 km from Gérauvilliers, 7 km NE of Gondrecourt-le-Château, arrondissement de Commercy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Verdun
Historical Region: Lorraine
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a limestone baptismal font probably of the 16th or 17th century; octagonal basin and base raised on a square lower base.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 690788 5380704
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.550392, 5.585365
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 33′ 1.41″ N, 5° 35′ 7.31″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 47 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1981)
REFERENCES
- Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Lorraine, Meuse: canton Gondrecourt-le-Château, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1981, p. 100