Ployart
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02981PLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Cognate Fonts: Corbeny, Fontenoy, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Ployart
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter ad vincula
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115871]
Church Address: 02860 Ployart-et-Vaurseine - France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D88, in the municipality of Ployart-et-Vaurseine, about 15 km SE of Laon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laon
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
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One of several 11-12th century Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a column base listed by Enlart (1902).
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 553942 5481979
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.48821, 3.74454
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 29′ 17.56″ N, 3° 44′ 40.34″ E
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, p. 774 footnote 2