Bazoches-sur-Guyonne

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04723BAZ
Object Type: Other
Object Details: capital
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Bazoches-sur-Guyonne
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA78000020]: "à proximité de l'ancienne voie romaine reliant Dreux à Paris, cette église serait l'une des plus anciennes des Yvelines [...] Montrant un opus spicatum, la nef pourrait remonter au 11e siècle. Le reste appartient au 12e siècle. Les parties hautes du clocher ont sans doute été reprises au début du 13e siècle. Voûté d'ogives, le rez-de-chaussée du clocher abrite un décor d'autel en plâtre attribuable au 17e siècle (1660-1680 ?)."
Church Address: Chem. de l'Église, 78490 Bazoches-sur-Guyonne, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D13, E of the D191, about 5 km ENE of Montfort-l'Amaury, about 30 km W of Versailles
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Additional Comments: recycled font?: it looks like a hollowed-out capital
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a 16th-century baptismal font shaped like a round capital and ornamented with trelis-like netting over floral motifs, with paint still on it. It is not clear whether the font is a recycled capital or it was built in that shape, although the former is the most likely. The upper side of the basin, at the rim, has an inscription [text not available]. The basin is raised on a square lower base or plinth with trimmed corners, and there is plain flat wooden lid.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 416258 5403496
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.77883, 1.86012
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 46′ 43.79″ N, 1° 51′ 36.43″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: capital, round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: upper rim side

LID INFORMATION

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

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 565