Vendresse
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human figure - head
Scene Description: one of four
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chantony - Patrimoine et Historire, 2016
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human figure - head
Scene Description: one of four
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human figure - head
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human figure - head - tongue out
Scene Description: one of four
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Livius, 2007
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Martin de Vendresse (Ardennes, France)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François Goglins, 2021
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view of church exterior - west portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Martin de Vendresse (Ardennes, France)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François Goglins, 2021
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view of church interior - baptistery
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Chevallier (1901)
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02786VEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Vendresse
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 08160 Vendresse, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D12, just S of Sapogne-et-Feuchères, between Villers-le-Tilleul and Chémery-sur-Bar, 20 km from Sedan, 25 km SSE of of Charleville-Mézières
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: Crêtes préardennaises, Champagne-Ardenne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ardennes group of Mosan fonts [Collin]
Cognate Fonts: see other Romanesque Ardennes fonts: Monthermé, for instance
Church Notes: church 12thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078537]: "Eglise Saint-Martin [...] 12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 18e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Alfred Chevallier's article 'Notes sur quelques fonts baptismaux des Ardennes', in the Revue historique ardennaise, Volum 8 (1901: 303-305) includes the baptismal font at Vendresse: "A Vendresse, canton d Omont, la cuve est demi-sphérique et ornée de quatre figures humaines. Le socle, octogone à sa partie supérieure, est carré à sa partie inférieure" -- A plate in the same source illustrates a number of them, including that of Vendresse among them. According to Collin (1981}, the font at Vendresse is one of the worthy "Ardennes" fonts, Tournai-like, and made of the type of marble which polishes to a black shine. Inventoried in Palissy [ref.: PM08000578] with date in the 12th century; this source indicates that one of the four protruding heads sticks its tongue out. The font consists of a hemispherical basin decorated with heads protruding at 90-degree angles of the upper sides; raised on a octagonal-to-square pedestal base of later date. The wooden cover is circular, flat and plain, hinged along the middle.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.60318, 4.79506
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 36′ 11.45″ N, 4° 47′ 42.22″ E
UTM: 31U 629699 5496059
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM08000578]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981