Chemery-sur-Bar / Chémery / Chémery-sur-Bar
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view of church exterior - south view
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view of church interior
Scene Description: the old font at the west end
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Arsenn P, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 August 2011 by Arsenn P [https://picasaweb.google.com/106728075393580400484/FontsBaptismaux#5639892280788644594] [accessed 6 January 2012]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02788CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sulpice
Church Location: 08450 Chémery-sur-Bar, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Chemery-sur-Bar is located about 22 kms SE of Charleville-Mezieres, down the D977, just before the Foret-du-Mont-Dieu
Historical Region: Trois Cantons
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century [basin only], Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ardennes group of Mosan fonts [Collin]
Cognate Fonts: Other such in the Ardennes and surrounding areas of Champagne
Church Notes: Chemery-sur-Bar is reported to have a rare Romanesque church (other interesting churches at Semuy, Barricourt, Beaumont-en-Argonne and Machault) -- Listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078422] w/o a date
Font Notes:
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Included in Collin (1981) as a notable font of the Ardennes group of Tournai-like fonts. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08000143] with date in the 11th century; the description in Palissy mentions only two protruding heads [="Cuve cylindrique ornée de deux têtes saillantes"]. The font consists of a round basin with slightly tapering sides decorated with four human heads at 90-degree angles; the basin is made of the blue limestone characteristic of this area; it is raised on a broad cylindrical pedestal base and a circular plinth, both of a different stone and probably not part of the original font. A white porcelain insert is now used for the baptisms.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.6012
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 36′ 4.32″ N, 4° 52′ 3″ E
UTM: 31U 634938 5495967
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: round (with heads) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
REFERENCES
Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981