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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches

Scene Description: in low-relief, all around

INFORMATION

FontID: 07667SAC
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Germain
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Bièvres, arrondissement de Palaiseau
Date: 1565
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 96) as a wall-mounted holy-water stoup dated 1565 by an inscription on the upper basin side; the object is hemispherical and the visible sides are ornamented with a low-relief blind arcade of round arches. [Flohic ref.: 91030203]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: "23 x 32 x 26 cm" [source: Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 96)]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the upper basin border
Inscription Text: [1565]
Inscription Source: Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 96)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002