Gisay-la-Coudre No. 3 / Gisacon / Gisacum / Gysaium
INFORMATION
FontID: 21421GIS
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aubin
Church Patron Saints: St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Location: 1 route de l'église, 27330 Gisay-la-Coudre, France
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D35, just W of La-Barre-en-Ouche, S of Bernay, WSW of Evreux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Historical Region: Pays d'Ouche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church Notes: medieval church documented by 1080; destroyed by fire 1845; re-built 1850
Font Notes:
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Sandstone holy-water stoup of the 15th-16th century consisting of an octagonal basin on a square base listed in Palissy [ref.: IM27007797]: " bénitier [...] grès [...] Base carrée ; cuve octogonale ; moulure en quart-de-rond entre deux filets sur la cuve [...] limite 15e siècle 16e siècle".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 326262 5424734
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 59 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM27007797]