Urcel / Urser
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: tirage photographique no. 02W00504, in Mémoire [ref.: AP02W00504]
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design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: engraving in Lefèbvre-Pontalis (1885)
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © dirkvide, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by dirkvide [http://photos.wikimapia.org/p/00/02/02/73/86_big.jpg] [accessed 9 January 2014]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving in Lefèbvre-Pontalis (1885)
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: forming the bases of the columns of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving in Lefèbvre-Pontalis (1885)
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: small leaves carved at 90-degree angles on the lowest mouldings of the outer colonnettes
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving in Lefèbvre-Pontalis (1885)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02855URC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115961]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle"
Church Address: 02000 Urcel, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Urcel is located 5 kms SW of Laon down the N2. Many Tournai fonts in the area: Laffaux, Coucy-le-Chateau, Ribemont, Vermand, etc.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: Le Laonnais, Picardie
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Fleury (1778-1882). Described and illustrated in Lefèbvre-Pontalis (1885) with date in the mid-12th century: "La cuve baptismale d'Urcel, assise sur un socle carré assez épais, se compose d'une colonne centrale flanquée de quatre colonnettes. Ces cinq fûts supportent une dalle qui renferme un bassin circulaire destiné à contenir l'eau nécessaire au baptême. Chacune des colonnes est couronnée par un chapiteau, garni de feuilles de chêne qui se recourbent aux angles du tailloir, et les bases sont entourées de deux tores séparés par une gorge elles sont reliées au socle par de petites griffes. Ces fonts baptismaux appartiennent au milieu du XIIe siècle, comme les feuillages des chapiteaux et le profil des bases permettent facilement de le reconnaître." Cloquet (1897) states that even though this font may be in the "forme générique tournaisienne", it differs from the general pattern and, he claims, it is without a doubt of local manufacture. Enlart (1902) dates it to the 13th century. Corblet (1881-1882) simply lists it as Romanesque. Listed also as a 13th-century font in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) and in Palissy [ref.: PM02001290]. The font consists of a basin with a plain square top but rounded underbowl and capitals , all of which are decorated with large leaves; the broad central shaft and the four detached columns of the base are decorated with mouldings and have thick roll moulding bases with spurs; the whole on a square lower base. The wooden cover has sides fitted onto the upper rim of the basin, and a hinged opening to provide access to the inner well; Latin-cross finial. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM02001290] - Mémoire [ref.: AP02W00504] with date in the 13th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 540475 5482290
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.487843, 3.563763
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 29′ 16.24″ N, 3° 33′ 49.55″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV D 167
- Cloquet, Louis, "Fonts de baptême romans de Tournai", 45, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1895, pp. 308-320; p. 320
- Cloquet, Louis, "Travaux des sociétés savantes: Comité des travaux historiques", 40, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1890, pp. 415-420; p. 415 footnote
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 122
- Fleury, Edouard, La France archéologique: antiquités et monuments du département de l'Aisne (4e partie), Laon: Chez H. Menu, librarire, 1878-1882, pt. 3: 130
- Lefèbvre-Pontalis, Eugène, "Fonts baptismaux d'Urcel et de Laffaux (Aisne)", 6e série, t. 1, 51, Bulletin Monumental [Société française d'archéologie], pp. 597-600; p. 597-598