Vermenton No. 5

INFORMATION

FontID: 23552VER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Vermenton

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: 5 rue du Condiau, 89270 Vermenton, France -- Tel.: +33 3 86 81 50 01

Country Name: France

Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located off the D606-D144 crossroads, about 20 km SE of Auxerre

Historical Region: Bourgogne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church [cf. FontNotes]

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.664600, 3.734270

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 39' 52.6" N, 3° 44' 3.4" E

UTM: 31T 555127 5279284

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: oval

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: oval