Bergeres-les-Vertus / Bergères-lès-Vertus
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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: a/p Enlart
INFORMATION
FontID: 02990BER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint Memmie
Church Patron Saints: St. Memmius [aka Meinge, Memmie, Menge]
Country Name: France
Location: Marne, Grand-Est
Directions to Site: Located 29 kms south-west of Chalons-en-Champagne (a.k.a. Chalons-sur-Marne) down the RD933 (dir. Meaux)
Century and Period: 13th century [Enlart], Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau, Fresnoy, etc.
Font Notes: Click to view 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