Fiquefleur

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B01: design element - motifs - flat moulding or rib

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view of basin - upper view

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17418FIQ
Church/Chapel: Eglisse paroissiale St-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Lcated in the commune Fiquefleur-Équainville, arrondissement Bernay, canton Beauzeville, in the outskirts of Honfleur
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: reported to be one of the oldest Romanesque churches in Normandy [+"Cet édifice est l' un des plus anciens monuments romans de Normandie" - source: Recensement immeubles MH -- N° notice : PA00099641 -- © Monuments historiques, 1992] [http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/%20oeuvres/richesses-41-12530-86495.html]
Monolithic baptismal font; the bucket-shaped basin is decorated with rib-like flat vertical mouldings; in one of the sides, right below the upper rim, a rectangular hollow a few inches wide has been carved out, probably for the original cover lock [such examples are more common in the early fonts of the eastern Pyrenees]; the inside of the basin is also circular; the upper rim shows some damage consistent with the position of cover staples. One od the sides of the font appears to have traces of red paint.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 304926 5474473

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]