Dormans
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Image Source: Catholic Diocese of Chalons-en-Champagne [http://catholique-chalons-en-champagne.cef.fr]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 09529DOR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hippolyte
Church Patron Saints: St. Hippolytus of Rome
Country Name: France
Location: Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the N2, about 25 km E of Château-Thierry
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Illustrated in the web site of the Catholic Diocese of Chalons-en-Champagne [http://catholique-chalons-en-champagne.cef.fr]: baptismal font consisting of a roughly octagonal basin, the sides of which have bulges at the bottom of each panel, as if they were very broad ribs, giving the underbowl a rounded shape; the bottom of the underbowl has a roll moulding; the basin rests on a plain round pedestal. The font is covered with a tall metal dome, also octagonal, with an orb-and-cross finial.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material:
metal,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]