Epone / Épône

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04711EPO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Béat d’Épône
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Beat
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087427]: "2e moitié 11e siècle ; 12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 78680 Épône, France -- Tel.: +33 1 30 99 06 82
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D139, 9-10 km E of Mantes-la-Jolie
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as an octagonal basin mounted on a square bulbous baluster-type stem and a square lower base. The underbowl and lower sides are ornamented with very large oak and chestnut leaves. The same source points out that the first Indian chestnut tree ["marronnier d'Inde"] was imported into France from Costantinople in 1615 by the botanist Bachelier (ibid., v. 1, p. 248). The basin has a low wooden pyramidal cover, octagonal in shape.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 413188 5423168
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.955333, 1.814167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 57′ 19.2″ N, 1° 48′ 51″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 248