Champmotteux

Results: 2 records
INFORMATION
FontID: 07682CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Madeleine
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary Magdalene
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Méréville, arrondissement d'Étampes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 14th - 17th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 647) as a medieval oval mounted baptismal font; the font appears roughly oval, with pointed ends, and with very plain ornamentation: just a moulding at top and another at the bottom of the besin; the base retains the same shape but is a little narrower [Flohic ref.: 91220905]. [NB: the same source, v. 2: 643, describes a font in Champmotteux as being similar to the one at nearby Brouy, but ornamented with incised crosses -- this font does not seem to match that description -- to be resolved]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat wooden lid
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002