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INFORMATION
FontID: 04713GUE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the arrondissement de Mantes-la-Jolie
Font Location in Church: West end, south side, at the very back
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Bazainville, Provins, etc. in general shape
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a 14th or 15th century oval font, plain except for a small moulding around the upper basin side. It has a double basin well, lined with copper. The lids, both sides, are also copper. The base is about 2/3 less wide than the basin, also oblong. There appears to be some damage, repaired, at one of the broad sides.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000