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LB01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2

Scene Description: one at either end of the stem of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 07688BRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Saint-Chéron, arrondissement d'Étampes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [now used as altar base]
Century and Period: 14th - 16th century, Medieval
Described and illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 2: 877) as a former baptismal font now serving as the base for an altar; the basin is rounded and rather shallow, with the inside well divided into two compartments; the lid is described as wooden and heavy. The base is a cylindrical pedestal with roll mouldings at both ends; the lower base is square. It may well be a composite object [Flohic ref.: 91300409]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: double
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: unknown
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: described simply as a heavy wooden lid

REFERENCES

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