Zoteux
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02906ZOT
Object Type: Other
Object Details: altar, Roman
Font Century and Period/Style: Roman [altered]
Museum: Musée de Boulogne, Boulogne-sur-Mer
Church / Chapel Name: Église catholique Saint-Pierre à Zoteux
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: In the city museum
Church Address: Pl. Saint-Pierre, 62650 Zoteux, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 05 70 68
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Zoteux is located off the D343, in the SW vecinity of Abbeville, near the Baie de Somme.
Additional Comments: recycled font altar font: a hollowed-out Roman altar according to Enlart
Font Notes:
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Enlart includes a hollowed-out Roman altar ("autel de Jupiter") to serve as baptismal font from Zoteux and locates it at the museum in Boulogne (Enlart, 1902)
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.611192, 1.879619
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 36′ 40.29″ N, 1° 52′ 46.63″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 771