Tourmignies
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L’église Saint-Pierre de Tourmignies en 2022"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre André Leclercq, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 10 November 2022 by Pierre André Leclercq [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'église_Saint-Pierre_de_Tourmignies_en_2022_(1).jpg] [accessed 4 March 2025]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L’église Saint-Pierre de Tourmignies en 2022"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre André Leclercq, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 10 November 2022 by Pierre André Leclercq [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:'église_Saint-Pierre_de_Tourmignies_en_2022_(2).jpg] [accessed 4 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02948TOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1521
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early)
Church / Chapel Name: Église catholique Saint-Pierre-d'Antioche à Tourmignies
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00107844]
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 59551 Tourmignies, France -- Tel.: +33 3 20 61 48 00
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D54, 18-20 km S of Lille. In the past this "commune" belonged actually to the diocese of Tournai.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Lille [formerly in the Diocese of Tournai]
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart in a group of 15th century octagonal unmounted fonts (Enlart, 1902). Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM59001428]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 1521 [...] inscription: CHE FON FUT DAIT L'AN XV XXI A TEMPS Q J. QUARE JAN CARON ESTOIT EGLISEURS [...] Pierre (bleue) : taillé [...] Au fond de l'église, côté nord ouest".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 505708 5595051
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.5074, 3.08049
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 30′ 26.64″ N, 3° 4′ 49.76″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Text: "CHE FON FUT DAIT L'AN XV XXI A TEMPS Q J. QUARE JAN CARON ESTOIT EGLISEURS"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 773 footnote 1
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.