Conteville No. 2 / Contaville (Eure)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 21323CON
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: mortar
Font Century and Period/Style: [composite stoup], [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Maclou
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)
Church Address: 27210 Conteville, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Conteville [in one reference Enlart cites "Contaville"] is off the D102-D312 crossroads, between Berville-sur-Mer (NW) and Foulbec (SE), 10 kms E of Honfleur, on the S banks of the estuary [Risle river]
Historical Region: Pays de Honfleur-Beuzeville, Haute Normandie
Additional Comments: composite stoup / re-cycled stoup (16thC mortar basin on 12thC columnar base)
Font Notes:
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Composite holy-water stoup (16th-century mortar on a 12th-century pedestal) listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27000756]: "bénitier [calcaire] octogonal [...] Pied constitué de 9 colonnes jumelées 12e siècle, réemployées ; la cuve est un mortier du 16e siècle."
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 50 cm*
Basin Depth: 22 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 21 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM27000756]
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.