Ville Saint-Jacques
Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
Results: 6 records
B01: design element - motifs - ring - 2
Scene Description: one at front, another at back
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
view of object - back side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
view of object - left side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
view of object - right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
view of object - front side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
view of basin - interior - drain
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marie-France Desprez, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 September 2010 by Marie-France Desprez for BSI
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 28 September 2010)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 16911JAC
Object Type: Other
Object Details: trough, water
Font Century and Period/Style: [altered font], [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Jacques à Ville-Saint-Jacques
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 77130 Ville-Saint-Jacques, France
Site Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D403, about 6 km SE of Moret-Loing-et-Orvanne, 18-20 km SE of Fontainebleau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Meaux
Additional Comments: Mme. Desprez contacted BSI by email in Sept. 2010 to ask for our opinion/view; later, at our request, she sent measurements and photos of the object.
Font Notes:
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An object that had been used for years as a water-trough in the village was moved into the local church on the strength of terstimony from a former parish priest who told the villagers it was the old baptismal font from the church. The object is large and of oval shape, decorated on the outside with a faux ring on the front and back sides; the inner well has a centre drain hole and i not lined. It has all the appearences of having been originally a sarcophagus and, like some other such funeral objects elesewhere in France, it had been turned to other uses. As far as we know the object has no cover now. BSI has been informed that the object was brought inside the church and placed on a base of stones by Père Gelineau [e-mail of 28 September 2010 from Marie-France Desprez]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Marie-France Desprez, of Ville Saint-Jacques, for her information on, and photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 492316 5354385
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.3426, 2.8963
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 20′ 33.36″ N, 2° 53′ 46.68″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage System: centre drain hole
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 6.5 cm [calculated]
Diameter (inside rim): 110 x 51 cm* [interior of the oval]
Diameter (includes rim): 123 x 69 cm* [exterior of the oval]
Basin Depth: 37 cm*
Basin Total Height: 53 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [courtesy of Marie-France Desprez]
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]