Vermenton No. 5
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23552VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
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
Font Notes:
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The entry for this object in Palissy [PM89004549] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM89004549] [accessed 20 November 2021] describes an object listed as "Fonts baptismaux [...] pierre [...] En forme de baignoire [...] Art populaire". [NB: it is not clear whether this is the same object listed in BSI as Vermenton No. 4 -- Palissy [PM89004553] lists an 18th-century baptismal in thuis church (not included in BSI on account of its modern date)]
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
Font Shape: oval
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval