Roises / Les Roises

INFORMATION

FontID: 04545ROI
Church/Chapel: Eglise de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located 16 km ESE from, and in the canton de Gondrecourt-le-Château, arrondissement de Commercy; take the D966 from G-le-Ch., past Vouthon-Haut and, just before Greux, make a right on the D19.
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Century and Period: 16th century,
Described in the Inventaire général... (1981) as a limestone holy-water stoup probably of the 16th century; it is rectangular, with the arris partially chamfered.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 40 x 40 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