Sainte-Beuve-en-Riviere / Sainte-Beuve-en-Rivière

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 20473BEU
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Gallo-Roman
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Beuve
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Beuve [aka Bova, Bove] [7thC abbess of Reims]
Church Notes: church 11th, 12th, 16thC
Church Address: 1 route de l'Eaulne, 76270 Sainte-Beuve-en-Rivière, France
Site Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D36, NE of Neufchâtel-en-Bray, SE of Dieppe
Historical Region: Pays Neufchâtelois -- Haute-Normandie
Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup (a former 5thC (?) capital) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 11th-12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Holy-water stoup fashioned out of a 5th-century (?) marble capital decorated with foliage in this church. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM76001692]: "bénitier creusé dans un chapiteau ; décor de feuilles [...] marbre : taillé, décor en relief semi-méplat [...] 5e siècle (?)"

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 394091 5513296

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: capital
Basin Total Height: 45 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 45 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM76001692]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.