Alaincourt
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Alaincourt Church" - the new church built in 1925 to replace the medieval church destroyed in WWI
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Samrong01, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 30 September 2014 by Samrong01 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaincourt,_Aisne,_Church.JPG] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Carte postale de l'église avant 1914."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gallica, 2021
Image Source: digital image of a pre-1914 postcard in Gallica [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alaincourt_Eglise_1900.jpg] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Cuve baptismale d'Alaincourt. - 21/02/1978 [sic]" -- the drawing of the font destroyed in WWI actually bears the date 1878, not 1978](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuve baptismale d'Alaincourt. - 21/02/1978 [sic]" -- the drawing of the font destroyed in WWI actually bears the date 1878, not 1978
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archives Aisne, 2025
Image Source: digital image of a 21 February 1878 drawing [Papier collé sur papier, plume encre noire, 7,7 x 7,7cm] [https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524205.524206/dao/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524205.524206%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1&vx=1124.08&vy=-1575.27&vr=0&vz=4.00215] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "cuve baptismale en pierre, XI ou XIIe siécle" -- destroyed font [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archives Aisne, 2025
Image Source: edited detail of an image of an undated drawing [Calque collé sur papier, plume encre noire, 5,7 x 6,6cm.] by Desjardin (Davin) [https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524201.524202/dao/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524201.524202%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archives Aisne, 2025
Image Source: edited detail of an image of an undated drawing [Calque collé sur papier, plume encre noire, 5,7 x 6,6cm.] by Desjardin (Davin) [https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524201.524202/dao/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524201.524202%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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design element - motifs - chevron - nested chevrons
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Archives Aisne, 2025
Image Source: edited detail of an image of an undated drawing [Calque collé sur papier, plume encre noire, 5,7 x 6,6cm.] by Desjardin (Davin) [https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524201.524202/dao/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524201.524202%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1] [accessed 21 February 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00225THO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge d'Alaincourt
Font Location in Church: [destroyed font]
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Notes: medieval church destroyed in WWI; re-built on the same site in 1925
Church Address: 1-3 Rue des Écoles, 02240 Alaincourt, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the A26, just SW of Berthenicourt, SE of Saint-Quetin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons
Additional Comments: destroyed font? (the medieval church was destroyed in WWI)
Font Notes:
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Thwo illustrations of the font of the medieval church here destroyed in WWI have survived in the Asine archives: https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524205.524206/dao/0/1?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524205.524206%2Fcanvas%2F0%2F1&vx=1124.08&vy=-1575.27&vr=0&vz=4.00215 [accessed 21 February 2025] and
https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524201.524202/dao/0/1/idsearch:RECH_7d73fade9cc5cb3b6d5dc42887b13de6?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524201.524202%2Fcanvas%2F0% [accessed 21 February 2025]
The drawings show a baptismal font consisting of a basin with a square outer shape, the sides tapering to a round shape at the bottom; the sides below the rim appear to be decorated with foliage motifs; it stands on a cylindrical colum that appears to be decorated with nested chevrons.
https://archives.aisne.fr/ark:/63271/524201.524202/dao/0/1/idsearch:RECH_7d73fade9cc5cb3b6d5dc42887b13de6?id=https%3A%2F%2Farchives.aisne.fr%2Fark%3A%2F63271%2F524201.524202%2Fcanvas%2F0% [accessed 21 February 2025]
The drawings show a baptismal font consisting of a basin with a square outer shape, the sides tapering to a round shape at the bottom; the sides below the rim appear to be decorated with foliage motifs; it stands on a cylindrical colum that appears to be decorated with nested chevrons.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.764143, 3.375324
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 45′ 51″ N, 3° 22′ 31″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square