Maisnieres / Maisnières
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02834MAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [Enlart], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Crépin-et-Saint-Crépinien, Maisnières"
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Crépin and St. Crépinien
Church Address: Centre, 80220 Maisnières, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D22, 3 km S of Aigneville, about 22 km WSW of Abbeville, itself about 33 km NW of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Font Notes:
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Wooden Renaissance font-cover mentioned in Enlart (1902); the font itself is listed by him as being a 14th-century pedestal font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 400969 5541333
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.01607, 1.617694
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 0′ 57.85″ N, 1° 37′ 3.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
LID INFORMATION
Date: Renaissance
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 765 footnote 2 (cover) and p. 776 footnote 5 (font)