Anchin / Anchain / Enchin
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: a/p Enlart
INFORMATION
FontID: 02954ANC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise abbatiale (bénédictine) Saint-Sauveur d'Anchin
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: Hameau d'Anchin, Rte de Rieulay, 59146 Pecquencourt, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: The site of Anchin Abbey is located off the D25, in the municipality of Pecquencourt, near Douai, itself 23 km E of Arras, about 30 km NW of Cambrai.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cambrai
Historical Region: Flanders
Century and Period: 13th century [Enlart], Gothic
Church Notes: monastery founded 1079; abbey church consecrated 1086; enlarged and re-consecrated 1250; abbey closed by the Révolution; abbey buildings demolished 1792 -- remains listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00107914]: "Ensemble des vestiges comprenant le sol, l'entrée (le pont, le portail, les deux pavillons) , le pavillon sis à proximité de l'ancienne pièce d'eau"
Font Notes:
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Enlart reports that this 13th century rectangular font ornamented with a blind arcade was originally at Anchin (Enlart, 1902)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.384069, 3.219549
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 23′ 2.65″ N, 3° 13′ 10.37″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: 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