Saclay

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07667SAC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1565
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain de Saclay
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: 12thC church; restored 1930
Church Address: 91400 Saclay, France
Site Location: Essonne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D60 and N118, 4 km SW of Bièvres, 6 km WNW of Palaiseau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 439284 5397963
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.731728, 2.17432
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 43′ 54.22″ N, 2° 10′ 27.55″ E

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, vol. 1: 96