Azy-sur-Marne / Azy

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02993AZY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Félix
Church Patron Saints: St. Felix
Church Location: 02400 Azy-sur-Marne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D969, S of Essomes-sur-Marne, N of Chezy-sur-Marne, 4 km SW of Château-Thierry, 20 km E of Montreuil-aux-Lions
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Date: 1550
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau, Fresnoy, etc.
Church Notes: original church of the 12thC and 13thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115515]: " L'église, en pierre de style roman, possède un beau clocher roman et une chaire à prêcher du 15e siècle. Le clocher a été endommagé lors de la dernière guerre et a subit des travaux de restauration en 1975".
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a baptismal font dated 1550; hemispheric basin with the square upper surface made by four heads at 90-degree angles, mounted on a columnar base; later on in the same source Enlart lists an Azy font as octagonal (!) of Renaissance style. The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) describes it simply as a stone baptismal font of the 16th century. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000062] with date 1550.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.001314, 3.366112
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 0′ 4.73″ N, 3° 21′ 58″ E
UTM: 31U 526762 5427653

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 78 x 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM02000062]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: 1550

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902