Lyon No. 6 / Liyon / Lugdunum
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19449LYO
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2014-08-22
Font Century and Period/Style: 19th century (late), Modern
Church / Chapel Name: Basilique Notre Dame de Fourvière
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: 8 Place de Fourvière, 69005 Lyon, France -- Tel.: +33 4 78 25 13 01
Site Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the heights of Lyon, where the former Roman forum was
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup of beige marble; very shallow oval basin with large scrolled 'handles' and a gadrooned underbowl, raised on a fluted and moulded polygonal pedestal base; the inner basin has a carved inscription around the inside.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 641722 5069275
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.7625, 4.8225
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 45′ 45″ N, 4° 49′ 21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage System: no drainage system
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: around the inner side of the basin
Inscription Text: "IN HOC SIGNO VINCES / IN HOC SIGNO VINCES"
Inscription Source: on-site