Gournay-le-Guerin No. 2 / Gournay-le-Guérin
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view of font
Scene Description: before its restoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2014
Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01217] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01218_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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view of font
Scene Description: after its restoration
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Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01218] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01217_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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animal - mammal - lion - male - head - 4
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Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01218] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01217_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2
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Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01218] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01217_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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design element - motifs - cartouche - 4
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Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01218] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01217_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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angel - 4
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: B&W photograph 1992 (?) in Mémoire [ref.: AP27W01218] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2745/sap83_27w01217_p.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © xtra, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken in 2007 by xtra [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gournay_église.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20475GOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1553
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Lambert de Gournay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Lambert of Maastricht[aka Lambaert, Lambertus, Lambrecht, Landebertus]
Church Address: 27580 Gournay-le-Guérin, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the D21-D166 crossroads, just SW of Verneuil-sur-Avre, SW and in the arr. of Evreux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Historical Region: Pays de Verneuil
Font Notes:
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Described in the site of the Paroisse Saint-Anne-du-Perche [http://sainteanneduperche.com/Eglise-de-Gournay-le-Guerin] [accessed 28 March 2016]: baptismal font of stone; dated 1553 by an inscription; it consists of a round basin decorated with two mouldings between which are four protruding lion heads set at 90-degree angles on the sides; between the lions as many cartouches; the underbowl has four angels, each below the lion head on the basin side; square pedestal base with blank panels. The font was badly damaged but has been repaired. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM27000880]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 3e quart 16e siècle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 336373 5397394
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Notes on Measurements: [no measurements in Palissy]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1553"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
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.