Vermenton No. 4
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame [...] Fonts baptismaux (?, cuve baptismale à immersion horizonta[l]e)" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Région Bourgogne - Inventaire général, 2021
Image Source: digital image of a silver negative [19728900802X] in Mémoire [ref.: IVR26_19728900802X] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR26_19728900802X] [accessed 20 November 2021]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23551VER
Object Type: Other
Object Details: sarcophagus, Gallo-Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: 4th - 6th century[re-cycled?], Gallo-Roman [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Vermenton
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: 5 rue du Condiau, 89270 Vermenton, France -- Tel.: +33 3 86 81 50 01
Site Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D606-D144 crossroads, about 20 km SE of Auxerre
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Additional Comments: re-cycled font? originally a Gallo-Roman sarcophagus? / damaged (one of the end sides shows a through crack and may have been cemented together to the main block)
Font Notes:
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The entry in Palissy [ref.: IM89000722] reports a baptismal font(?) for horizontal immersion [sic] in the nave of this church "Fonts baptismaux (?) [...] Antiquité [...] Cuve baptismale à immersion horizontale [...] Calcaire (monolithe) : mouluré". It very much resembles an early [Gallo-Roman?] sarcophagus, some of which were re-purposed for a time as baptismal fonts.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 555127 5279284
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.664600, 3.734270
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 39' 52.6" N, 3° 44' 3.4" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Trapezoidal Basin: 130 x 52 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM89000722]