Gometz-le-Chatel / Gometz-le-Châtel

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 07678GOM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[basin only] [composite font]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Clair de Gometz-le-Châtel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clair
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified 17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087919]: "11e siècle ; 17e siècle"
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 91940 Gometz-le-Châtel, France -- Tel.: +33 6 86 75 18 51
Site Location: Essonne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D988, 9-10 km NE of Limours, 12-13 km Sw of Palaisseau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 538) as a composite baptismal font; the hemispheric basin is ornamented with sculpted rings at opposite ends of the upper basin sides, the rest covered in ribbed pattern; the source mentions traces of red paint on the basin and dates the piece to the 17th century; wooden cover hinged in the middle. The base is an up-turned water-leaf capital of an earlier date [Flohic ref.: 91180703]. Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R086214, AP12R086215]. The font and cover are illustrated in a 19 July 2017 photograph by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gometz-le-Châtel_Saint-Clair_234.jpg] [accessed 18 May 2025].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 436699 5392085
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.6786, 2.140069
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 40′ 42.96″ N, 2° 8′ 24.25″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 538)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain, hinged in the middle

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 2: 538
  • 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, 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.