Arpajon No. 1

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07664ARP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1697
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Clément d'Arpajon
Font Location in Church: Inside, in a W end chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clement
Church Notes: 10thC church; re-built 11thC; burned down with 800 people inside by the English in the Hundred Years War; re-built 1510; restored 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA91000320, PA00087802]
Church Address: 11 Grande Rue, 91290 Arpajon, France -- Tel.: +33 1 64 90 01 17
Site Location: Essonne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the N20, 18-20 km S of Palaiseau. abut 30 km SSW of Paris city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the medieval church here going back to the 10thC)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 39) as a an oval mounted baptismal font made of reddish marble; the rather shallow basin is ornamented with a thick roll moulding at the rim; the stem of the base is of the baluster-type, ornamented with ribbed pattern; the lower base is circular. According to the same source, it was donated to the parish church by M. Louis du Fossé, director of the hydraulic installation "La Samaritaine". Flat metal cover. The two large holy-water stoups located at the pillars of the entrance are believed to have come from the same source [cf. Index entries for Arpajon Nos. 2, 3] [Flohic ref.: 91010110]. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM91001304, PM91001706]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve baptismale double à infusion [...] Marbre (rouge) : taillé, mouluré ; cuivre [...] 1697 [...] H = 101 ; l = 80,5 ; la = 59 [...] Dans le bas-côté gauche (1ère travée) de l'église [...] Fonts baptismaux offerts en 1697 par Louis du Fossé, gouverneur de la Samaritaine à Paris (d'après le procès-verbal du 15 mai 1738)." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP91W01317]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 444537 5382397
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.5922, 2.24784
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 35′ 31.92″ N, 2° 14′ 52.22″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red)
Font Shape: double-font, oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, oval
Diameter (includes rim): 40 x 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 39) *{the oval diameters)

LID INFORMATION

Date: contemporary with the font
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat; appears to be hinged at the middle

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 39
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • 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.
  • 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.