Viffort / Vicus fortis

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human figure - face, head or mask - 4?

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort (Aisne, France)"

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view of church interior - capital

Scene Description: Source caption: "Chapiteau [...] en l'Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort."

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef [...] en l'Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort."

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef vers portail [...] en l'Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort."

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view of font in context - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Autel fonts baptismaux [...] en l'Église de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02984VIF
Church/Chapel: Eglise de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge de Viffort
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Location: 1 Rte de Condé, 02540 Viffort, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D1-D46 crossroads, about 12 km SSE of Château-Thierry
Historical Region: La Brie Champenoise / Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Cognate Fonts: Ployart, Fontenoy, etc.
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115980]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Listed by Enlart (1902) as one of several 11-12th century Tournai-like stone fonts mounted on a columnar base in one reference; later on in the same source Enlart lists is with a group of Renaissance fonts (!)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.9611, 3.45821
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 39.96″ N, 3° 27′ 29.56″ E
UTM: 31U 533541 5423233

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902