Bazainville

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04714BAZ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Loup-de-Naud, Guerville, Provins, etc. in general shape
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas (puis Saint-Georges) de Bazainville
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra [later St. George]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087365]: "Date de construction antérieure à 1064, année où l'église est cédée au prieuré et change de vocable."
Church Address: Pl. Saint-Nicolas, 78550 Bazainville, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D112, N of the N12, 5-6 km E of Houdan, arrondissement de Mantes-la-Jolie, W of Versailles
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as an oval font, plain except for a small moulding around the upper basin side, of a type common in this area and adting from the 13th to the 16th centuries without major changes. Unlike most other such fonts, it appears to have no internal partition, unless it was removed. The base is a little less wide than the basin and is also oblong. There appears to be some damage on the usual places, where the staples of the lid were removed. [NB: the source -cf. supra- describes it as hexagonal, but it is oval with a protrusion at front and back, which may account for the labelling]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 402294 5406466
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.8035, 1.66938
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 48′ 12.6″ N, 1° 40′ 9.77″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 295