Vieux-Bourg
Results: 3 records
B01: design element - motifs - vine - grape
Scene Description: leaves and grapes on it
BU01: design element - motifs - vine - grape
Scene Description: leaves and grapes on it
UB01: design element - architectural - window - quatrefoiled - 8
Scene Description: with tracery ornamentation; one on each side of the upper base
INFORMATION
FontID: 06225VIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Pont-l'Évêque, arrondissement de Lisieux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 1315) as an octagonal baptismal font of the 15th century consisting of three volumes, all octagonal; the upper part -corresponding to the basin and chamfer- is covered in two registers of grape and vine ornamentation; the middle section, slightly narrower, has quatrefoil window motifs on each side; the lower part is plain. Plain flat lid [NB: there is a crucifix on the font but it does not appear to be part of the lid]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001