Blevy No. 1 / Blévy / Blévy en Maillebois

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Façade sud de l'église Saint-Pierre de Blévy, Eure-et-Loir, France"

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Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2016 by Le Passant [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Façade_sud_église_Saint-Pierre_Blévy_Eure-et-Loir_France.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 7 January 2024]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pierre de Blévy, sur la commune de Maillebois, en Eure-et-Loir."

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Image Source: digital photograph 2 January 2015 by Pucesurvitaminee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Pierre_de_Blévy.JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 7 January 2024]

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view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roch Jaja, 2024

Image Source: digital photograph in Roch Jaja [http://roch-jaja.nursit.com/spip.php?rubrique1382] [accessed 7 January 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25239BLE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Blévy
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 4 Place de l'Église, Blévy, 28170 Maillebois, France
Country Name: France
Location: Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D20-D113 crossroads, in the municipality ond 2-3 km E of Maillebois, about 20 km SW of Dreux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Chartres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th century(early?), Late Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church with later modifications and still unfinished -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097143]: "12e siècle ; 15e siècle [...] Eglise restée inachevée."
Baptismal font of double basins, early-16th century, badly mutilated and in bad state of conservation, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM28000385]: "Fonts baptismaux à deux cuves en pierre tendre [...] Cuves moulurées et ornées de têtes et bustes non identifiables et de palmes sur le socle [...] Oeuvre mutilée [...] Fonts baptismaux très abîmés et recouverts de mousse [...] 1er quart 16e siècle [...] H = 100". An illustration of the badly damaged font [cf. ImagesArea] is shown in Roch Jaja [http://roch-jaja.nursit.com/spip.php?rubrique1382] [accessed 7 January 2024]; the Palissy description as "très abîmés" tells all about its state, but the moss invasion appears to have been removed.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.638731, 1.180861
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 38′ 19.43″ N, 1° 10′ 51.1″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: double basins
Basin Exterior Shape: double basins
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM28000385]