Marquise / Marquise-en-Boulonnais

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église de Marquise."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © André Lemoine, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 19 July 2011 by André Lemoine [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marquise_église.JPG] [accesssed 3 April 2024]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02516MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font
Cognate Fonts: Other Tournai fonts
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: ca. 1000 church; re-built 13thC and modified since; restored 2011
Church Address: 13 Rue Jules Duflos, 62250 Marquise, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 92 85 47
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Marquise is off the A16, between Calais and Boulogne-sur-Mer, 16 km NNE of Boulogne, 17 km SSW of Calais
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Le Boulonnais
Font Notes:
Noted in Chastel (1966) as a baptismal font of the Tournai type.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 408844 5629731
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.81213, 1.70612
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 48′ 43.67″ N, 1° 42′ 22.03″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966, p. 287