Honfleur
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
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LB01: symbol - cross - Latin
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LB02: symbol - shell
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LID01: design element - patterns - festoon
Scene Description: all around the lower trim of the lid
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LID02: symbol - cross - Greek
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LID03: design element - motifs - scroll
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LID04: human figure - putto - head - 4?
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LID05: Christ - monogram - IHS
Scene Description: in a medallion-like frame
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LID06: symbol - cross - Greek
Scene Description: finial
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09353HON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Catherine, Honfleur
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Catherine of Alexandria [aka Katherine]
Church Notes: Very interesting wooden church (15th through 19th centuries), worth a visit -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111390]
Church Address: Pl. Sainte-Catherine, 14600 Honfleur, France
Phone: +33 2 31 89 11 83
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A29, S across the Crique de Rouen from Le Havre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font made of cast iron; the base is octagonal, thin and wide, to match the oval basin; it is decorated with Latin cross and pilgrim shell motifs; the basin is shallow with ribbed pattern on the underbowl; the most prominent part of the font is the low-dome cover decorated with an assortment of Greek cross, scroll and putto head motifs; the finial of the lid has a medallion-like lower part with the H over the S symbol and a Greek cross atop. The font and cover are well illustrated with November 2012 digital photographs in Le blog de acbx41
[https://acbx41.over-blog.com/article-fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-sainte-catherine-honfleur-112171873.html] [accessed 3 August 2025]. Illustrated also in a Roger-Narbonne photograph in Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/20800336n08/51591114148] [accessed 3 August 2025] [NB: this font falls outside the scope of this Index on account of its late date, but it has been included here as an item of interest; we have no information on the font of the 15th-century church]
[https://acbx41.over-blog.com/article-fonts-baptismaux-de-l-eglise-sainte-catherine-honfleur-112171873.html] [accessed 3 August 2025]. Illustrated also in a Roger-Narbonne photograph in Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/20800336n08/51591114148] [accessed 3 August 2025] [NB: this font falls outside the scope of this Index on account of its late date, but it has been included here as an item of interest; we have no information on the font of the 15th-century church]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Peter Fairweather of www.churchmousewebsite.co.uk for the images of this font]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 299302 5477952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.4211, 0.2325
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 25′ 15.96″ N, 0° 13′ 57″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: Cover finial
Inscription Text: [the H over the S symbol of Christ]
Inscription Source: [cf. Image Area]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century
Material: metal, cast iron
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]