Sains-en-Amienois No. 2 / Sains-en-Amiénois

INFORMATION

FontID: 02980SAI

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saints Fuscien, Victoric et Gentien

Church Location: 80680 Sains-en-Amiénois, Somme, France

Country Name: France

Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: This is probably Sains-en-Amiénois, about 10 km S of Amiens down the D7, past St-Fuscien; the road continus to Estrées-sur-Noye, etc. Enlart lists another font in Sains, a Tournai-like font.

Historical Region: Amiénois

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?

Cognate Fonts: Selincourt, Liancourt-la-Fosse

Church Notes: Cf. Sains No. 1 for details. Enlart lists another font, a "double-font", as being in Sains as well.

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

One of several 11th-12th century Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a column base listed by Enlart (Enlart, 1902)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 451004 5518596

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

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