Montherme / Monthermé
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human figure - head - wearing headdress - 4
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Vincent Anciaux, 2007
Image Source: 14 January 2007 by Vincent Anciaux [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:%C3%89glise_Saint_L%C3%A9ger_Montherm%C3%A9.jpg] [accessed 8 January 2012]
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Adri08, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2012 by Adri08 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Léger_de_Monthermé_5.JPG] [accessed 11 June 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02791MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ardennes group of Mosan fonts [Collin]
Cognate Fonts: Other such in the Champagne area: Vendresse, for instance
Church / Chapel Name: Èglise paroissiale Saint-Léger
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Notes: the fabric of the church goes back to the 12th century; present church chiefly 1453; -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078468]
Church Address: 12 Rue du Général de Gaulle, 08800 Monthermé, France
Site Location: Ardennes, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D1, just W of the D989, 4-5 km N of Bogny0sur-Meuse, 16-17 km N of Charleville-Mézières
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims
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 Monthermé: "A Monthermé, la cuve baptismale a la même forme qu à Vendresse. Ses quatre figures humaines sont vraiment curieuses: la première qui s offre à la vue est une figure grimaçante, tirant une langue démesurée; la figure de gauche est plus calme; sa chevelure est enserrée dans un filet; celle de droite paraît être la figure d une religieuse; la quatrième figure, placée contre le mur, est difficile à déterminer. La cuve repose sur un socle rond et tout uni; elle est fermée par un couvercle bombé en cuivre jaune." A plate in the same source illustrates a number of them, including that of Monthermé among them. Inventoried and illustrated in [ref.: PA00078468] and Palissy [ref.: PM08000312], with date in the 12th century. Listed in Collin ( 1981) as a notable example of fonts of the Ardennes group of Tournai-like style in the Champagne area. Baptismal font of the characteristic blue-grey local limestone, consisting of a hemispherical basin decorated with four human heads at 90-degree angles on the upper sides; all the heads wear head-dress; the inner well is lined; it is raised on a plain cylindrical pedestal. The metal cover is dome-shaped with a finisl; there are two metal anchors at opposite ends of the upper rim to secure cover.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 624432 5527438
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.886389, 4.732222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 53′ 11″ N, 4° 43′ 56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (pierre de Meuse/Givet)
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Drainage Notes: metal-lined
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM08000312]
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981, p. 87