Bergeres-les-Vertus / Bergères-lès-Vertus

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02990BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [Enlart], Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau, Fresnoy, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint Memmie
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Memmius [aka Meinge, Memmie, Menge]
Site Location: Marne, Grand-Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 29 kms south-west of Chalons-en-Champagne (a.k.a. Chalons-sur-Marne) down the RD933 (dir. Meaux)
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart as a 13th century Tournai-like square font mounted on a 5-column base and ornamented with a blind arcade on the basin sides (Enlart, 1902)

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 573643 5414633

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
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, p. 774 footnote 2, p. 778 footnote 3