Alluets-le-Roi

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04725ALL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas d'Alluets-le-Roi
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church
Church Address: Rue Saint-Nicolas, 78580 Les Alluets-le-Roi, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D45, about 20 km WNW of Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a 13th-century oval baptismal font ["en forme d'amande"] of the type very popular in this area of France. This one has a thin band of foliage ornamentation all around the upper part of the basin side; the underbowl is slightly rounded and the pedestal of the base, also oval, is about 2/3 the size of the basin. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM78001432]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 13e siècle (?) [...] Calcaire [...] Plan en amande [...] H = 87 ; l = 125 ; la = 80 [...] Ornementation (tige, feuille, graine) [...] Peinture ocre ; fonts à une seule cuve bordée de bois fixé avec des clous forgés ; couvercle plat, posé, en bois badigeonné".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 420604 5418476
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.914127, 1.91635
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 54′ 50.86″ N, 1° 54′ 58.86″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 80 x 125 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: falt and plain wooden lid

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 660
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.