Trappes

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04733TRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Museum: Centre Technique Municipal (CTM), Trappes
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Georges de Trappes
Font Location in Church: Centre Technique Municipal (CTM), Trappes
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: 9th and 12thC church; demolished and re-built ca. 1700; only bell tower survived the WWII bombings;
Church Address: 23 Rue de Montfort, 78190 Trappes, France -- Tel.: +33 1 30 62 97 20
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N10-D36 crosroads, in the canton of the same name, about 10 km WSW of Versailles, about 30 from the centre of Paris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally served as a font for aspersion baptism, but was until recently used as holy-water stoup -- disappeared font? (the one from the 9thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000) as a 12th-century "piscine" from the old 9th-century church which was demolished in 1700. The object is roughly square at the top but tapers in to a round bottom; a fleur de lis and an olive branch motif appear on the basin sides. The same source states that it originally served as a font for aspersion baptism, but was until recently used as holy-water stoup. It probably has a pedestal base to raise it from its short height [37 cm]. The present font is dated Louis XIV [i.e., 17th-18th century] in the Wikipedia entry for this church [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Georges_de_Trappes] [accessed 6 May 2025]; this same source notes also the piscina [cf. supra]: "piscine, du XIIIe ou XIVe siècle, sculptée aux parois ornées d'une fleur de lis extrêmement stylisée et d'une branche d'olivier. Celle-ci était autrefois destinée à recueillir l'eau utilisée lors des baptêmes par aspersion. Naguère, cette piscine contenait l'eau bénite avec laquelle les fidèles se signaient en entrant dans l'église. D'une largeur de 73 cm, d'une longueur de 76 cm et d'une profondeur de 37 cm, elle se trouve aujourd'hui au Centre Technique Municipal (CTM). " An old photograph of this piscina appears in Topic-topos [http://fr.topic-topos.com/piscine-trappes] [accessed 6 May 2025] with date in the 12th century and measurements "Largeur : 73 cm, Longueur : 76 cm, Profondeur : 37 cm".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 426473 5403294
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.7783, 1.99917
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 46′ 41.88″ N, 1° 59′ 57.01″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, millstone grit [meulière]
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Basin Total Height: 37 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 37 cm [base missing?]
Trapezoidal Basin: 73 x 76 cm
Notes on Measurements: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 920