Liancourt-la-Fosse / Liancourt-Fosse

INFORMATION

FontID: 02979LIA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Médard

Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]

Church Location: 80700 Liancourt-la-Fosse, France

Country Name: France

Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off the RN17,

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens

Historical Region: Communauté de communes du Grand Roye

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Selincourt, Sains, Languevoisin, Cannectancourt, etc.

Font Notes: Click to view

One of several 11-12th century Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a columnar base listed by Enlart (1902); Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80000814]: "fonts baptismaux [...] La cuve est rectangulaire, à fond sphérique. Elle est dotée de quatre colonnettes avec chapiteaux à crochets. [...] 13e siècle". The entry in Palissy (ibid.), dated 1993, adds "oeuvre disparue"; the font had been classed in Monuments historiques in 1915.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

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