Fresnoy / Fresnoy-en-Chaussée?
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02992FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau, Azy, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de l'Assomption de la Ste Vierge
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for Fresnoy-en-Chaussée] 80110 Fresnoy-en-Chaussée, Somme, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Enlart gives "Fresnoy (Somme)" but there are four Fresnoys in Somme, plus others in nearby Aisne. Fresnoy-en-Chaussée is located off the D28E, about halfway between Amiens (NW) and Roye (SE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Le Santerre, Picardie
Font Notes:
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Enlart (1902) lists a Renaissance font mounted on a five-column base at Fresnoy, but there are four Fresnoys in Somme. Richesses en Somme [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-eglises-suite/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-bapt-du-14e-au-18e/] [accessed 8 March 2025] lists a font in Fresnoy-en-Chaussée that does not quite match Enlart's description: "Les Fonts Baptismaux en marbre blanc, de la Renaissance, sont du 16e siècle . La cuve ronde est portée sur un seul pied orné de sculptures, de fleurons, fleurs de lis etc...]. That font is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80000673] but it is monopedicular, as shown in Mémoire [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA080_20248000415] [accessed 8 March 2025]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.7733, 2.5867
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 46′ 23.88″ N, 2° 35′ 12.12″ E
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