Amiens (Somme)

INFORMATION

FontID: 00358AMI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée de Picardie

Church/Chapel: see museum information

Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] 2 Rue Puvis de Chavannes, 80000 Amiens, France

Country Name: France

Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France

Church Notes: Enlart reports three square fonts with supporting colonnettes at the angles of approx. 12th century in the museum at Amiens. Is this one? (to be checked with the museum at a later date)

Font Notes: Click to view

Art Index: Baptism of Christ -- or is this a refernce to the font originally from Selincourt? [cf. BSI entry for Selincourt]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.89056, 2.29639

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 53′ 26.02″ N, 2° 17′ 47″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: type unknown

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902