Thonon-les-Bains No. 2 / Tonon
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25456THO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late?)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Hippolyte
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Hippolytus of Rome
Church Address: 65B Grande Rue, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France
Site Location: Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Thonon-les-Bains off the D2005, on the S bank of Lac Léman, across from Lausanne, 34 km NE of Geneve
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Annecy
Historical Region: Rhône-Alpes
Font Notes:
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A holy-water stoup made of alabaster in the late late-16th century is listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM74000452]: "Bénitier [...] 4e quart 16e siècle [...] Nef, encastré dans le mur gauche". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP74W01177].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 306142 5138546
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.3727, 6.4794
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 22′ 21.72″ N, 6° 28′ 45.84″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, alabaster
Font Shape: round, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.