Coussey

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design element - architectural - arch or window - round - 8

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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design element - architectural - column - 4

two of them topped with human heads; the other two with a foliated 'capital'
Scene Description: two of them topped with human heads; the other two with a foliated 'capital'
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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design element - motifs - geometric - varied

frets. nested, etc.
Scene Description: frets. nested, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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human figure - head

tiny eroded heads on two(?) of the upper corners of the basin, one of which is showing on the left -- the 'capital' of the right colonnette and its corresponding pair on the other side (not visible here) are patterned, foliated
Scene Description: tiny eroded heads on two(?) of the upper corners of the basin, one of which is showing on the left -- the 'capital' of the right colonnette and its corresponding pair on the other side (not visible here) are patterned, foliated
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_02.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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symbol - cross - Greek - 4

two(?) of them in radiated circles
Scene Description: two(?) of them in radiated circles
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of church exterior - northwest view

Source caption: "Extérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Extérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Extérieur_-_15.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of church exterior - west portal

Source caption: "Coussey. Le portail de l'église."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Coussey. Le portail de l'église."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © René Hourdry, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 10 May 2019 by René Hourdry [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_Eglise_3.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed
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view of church exterior - west portal - north side - detail

Source caption: "Extérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Extérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Extérieur_-_05.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of church interior - looking east

Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)." -- showing a holy-water stoup, probably neo-Gothic, in the foreground
Scene Description: Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)." -- showing a holy-water stoup, probably neo-Gothic, in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux 11e siècle"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux 11e siècle"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2025
Image Source: digital photograph 18 February 2022 in Mémoire. Photographie fournie par le service de la conservation du Grand Est [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/MHR44_20228800260] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_02.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of font and cover

Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
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Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_03.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église de l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame de Coussey (88)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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view of font cover

the massive castellated font cover, showing an inscription on the sides: "UNUS DEUS / UNA FIDES / UNUM BAPTISMA"
Scene Description: the massive castellated font cover, showing an inscription on the sides: "UNUS DEUS / UNA FIDES / UNUM BAPTISMA"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2022
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 12 February 2022 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Coussey_(88)_Église_de_l'Assomption-de-Notre-Dame_-_Intérieur_-_Fonts-baptismaux_-_01.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 6 March 2025]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 02953COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Coussey
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Rue du Milieu, 88630 Coussey, France
Country Name: France
Location: Vosges, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Coussey is located off the D164, 7 km N of Neufchateau, about 50 km NE of Chaumont
Historical Region: Lorraine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 11th century (?), Romanesque
Church Notes: church documented 1159 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00107123]: "12e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle"
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of 11th-century unmounted rectangular fonts, this one "ornées de figures barbares". Font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM88000162]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Pierre [...] 11e siècle [...] Cuve carrée avec deux faces sculptées et des traces de peinture ancienne. [...] H = 95 ; la = 76". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP88W00427, AP88W01571, MHR44_20228800260].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.408894, 5.682379
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 24′ 32.02″ N, 5° 40′ 56.56″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-06 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-06 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.