Poissy No. 2
Results: 2 records
B01: symbol - shield - cross - Greek
Scene Description: containing the date and the inscription with the Greek cross, a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)
BBU01: design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000)
INFORMATION
FontID: 04727POI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Collégiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the arrondissement de Saint-Germain-en-Laye
Font Location in Church: In the interior, wall-mounted, "entre les deux portails Renaissance"
Date: 1690
Century and Period: 17th century(late)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as one of three stoups in this church; two of them, outside [not listed in this Index], placed there by Viollet-le-Duc. This one is inside; the hemispherical basin is wall-mounted and has a rope moulding at the upper rim; the front side of the basin has a shield with a date, 1690, and a Greek cross betwenn the lettres L and C. [cf. Index entry for Poissy No. 1 for the remains of the baptismal font in which king Louis IX was baptised in this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 18 cm
Basin Total Height: 13 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 13 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000, v. 2, p. 682)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the basin front, inside a shield
Inscription Text: "1690" and "LC" [with a Greek cross between them]
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000, v. 2, p. 682)
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000