Roises / Les Roises
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04545ROI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église de la Nativité-de-la-Vierge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Address: Rue Basse, 55130 Les Roises, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
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.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Verdun
Font Notes:
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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.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 695263 5370303
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.455542, 5.641065
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 27′ 19.95″ N, 5° 38′ 27.83″ E
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, p. 260