Fontenoy nr. Soissons
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fontenoy (Aisne, France) L'église".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL), 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 28 September 2009 by Markus3 (Marc ROUSSEL) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontenoy_église_1.jpg] [accessed 25 November 2022]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
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Image Source: digital photograph 31 May 2012 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fontenoy_(Aisne)_Église.JPG] [accessed 25 November 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02892FON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Cognate Fonts: Corbeny, Ployart, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Rémi de Fontenoy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Address: Pl. de l'Eglise / 29 Rue de Soissons, 02290 Fontenoy, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D91 [aka rue de Soissons], 10 km W of Soissons, on the E bank of the Aisne river
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
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One of several 11th-12th century Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a column base listed by Enlart (1902).
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 514401 5472727
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.407071, 3.198491
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 24' 25.5" N, 3° 11' 54.6" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Tournai)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 774 footnote 2