Courville
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02475COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Julien
Font Location in Church: Lower south side, by a small window
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian
Church Notes: 11th-13thC church; enlarged 15thC
Site Location: Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Courville is a small town just off the N31--E46 road from Soissons to Reims, 2 km S of Fismes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Collin (1981: pl. 127). Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin raised on a thick cylindrical base of which it is separated by a thick centre ring; the lower base / plinth appears to be square. Plain wooden cover, probably modern.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.268611, 3.697778
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 16' 7.0" N, 3° 41' 52.0" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain and flat
REFERENCES
- Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981, pl. 127