Saint-Vrain Nr. 1 / St-Vrain

INFORMATION

Font ID: 07670VRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1459
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Caprais de Saint-Vrain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a niche
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Caprasius
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified and restored since -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00088012]
Church Address: 6 Pl. de la Croix Blanche, 91770 Saint-Vrain, France
Site Location: Essonne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D17, 5-6 km NW of Ballancourt-sur-Essonne, 7-8 km WSW of Mennecy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 152) as a baptismal font dated to 1459; the object appears mostly plain and consists of a roughly hemispherical basin mounted on a cylindrical stem and a circular lower base. [cf. Index entry for St-Vrain No. 1 for the holy-water stoup in this church] [Flohic ref.: 91040501]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 450833 5376774
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.54214, 2.33387
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 32′ 31.7″ N, 2° 20′ 1.93″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat lid with a knob finial or handle

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 152