Freneuse
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches - 8
Scene Description: may have had figures inside the arches originally
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04708FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1275 to 1325?
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Freneuse
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: The present church dates from the 16th century but the original parish goes back to the 10th century (Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines, 2000, v. 1, p. 107)
Church Address: 26 Rue du Général Leclerc, 78840 Freneuse, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D113, N of the A13, 3 km from Bonnières-sur-Seine, about 15 km NW of Mantes-la-Jolie
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as an unmounted octagonal font dated between 1275 and 1325, from the old church. Tall trefoil arches rest on corinthian capitals and form a blind arcade which, according to the same source, contained high-relief figures originally. It is described as having a partioned well and an upper wooden basin on which the used water was collected during baptism [NB: this sink or 'évier' forms part of a set with the font cover proper]. Both the partition and the use of the added basin may have been a later addition.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 397950 5433575
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.0466, 1.60346
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 2′ 47.76″ N, 1° 36′ 12.46″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000, v. 1, p. 107)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: combined inner basin and lid [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 107