Sombernon

INFORMATION

FontID: 04549SOM
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de la Nativité
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located about 25 km W of Dijon
Font Location in Church: Transept, left arm
Century and Period: 16th century,
Described in the Inventaire général... (1977) as a monolithic baptismal font probably of the 16th century; the octagonal basin is raised on a square pedestal base with moulding ornamentation; the inside well of the basin is round and has a flat bottom.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 92 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1977)

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bourgogne, Côte-d'Or: canton Sombernon, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1977