Ployart
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02981PLO
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-aux-Liens de Ployart
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula
Church Location: 02860 Ployart-et-Vaurseine - France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
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
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Cognate Fonts: Corbeny, Fontenoy, etc.
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115871]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
One of several 11-12th century Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a column base listed by Enlart (1902).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.48821,
3.74454
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 29′ 17.56″ N,
3° 44′ 40.34″ E
UTM: 31U 553942 5481979
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