Tracy-le-Val No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04760TRA
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Éloi de Tracy-le-Val
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Eligius [aka Éloi, Eloy, Loi]
Church Address: rue du Général de Gaulle, Tracy-le-Val, France
Site Location: Oise, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D130, 15 km NE of Compiègne up the D13O, just N of the Forêt de l'Aigue, 65 km NE of Paris (Charles-De-Gaulle)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Beauvais- Noyon-Senlis
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
Described in Lasteyrie (1926-1927) as a holy-water stoup with six panels at the basin side, not vertical, but rather disposed in a soft helicoidal shape; the levels of the basin are separated with two rope mouldings and the base is a series of roll mouldings.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 500593 5481777
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.488629, 3.008191
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 29′ 19.06″ N, 3° 0′ 29.49″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927, vol. 2, p. 519