Brie-Comte-Robert No. 2

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Scene Description: at the narrow ends of the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Poschadel, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2014 by Pierre Poschadel https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brie-Comte-Robert_(77),_église_Saint-Étienne,_bénitier.JPG] [accessed 7 April 2017]
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design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - moulding
design element - motifs - roll moulding
design element - patterns - fluted
view of stoup
INFORMATION
FontID: 21158BRI
Church/Chapel: Parish Church
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Century and Period: 16th century(late?),
Church Notes: church known here since 6thC; present church ca. 1230; sacked and damaged 15thC; restored 20thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00086836] as 14thC
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A holy-water stoup of the late 16th century is listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM77000184]. It consists of amn oblong, almost rectangular, basin of reddish marble decorated with ;animal?] heads on the narrow ends, a lip moulding at the upper rim, and a roll moulding atop the chamfered underbowl; on a pedestal base of stone, also rectangular, decorated with mouldings and fluted pattern; the pedestal base appears to have been painted, but part ofg it has peeled or worn off. It is located against one of the pillars of the nave.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble [basin] and limestone (1) [base]
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 78 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM77000184]