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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: the old church destroyed in WWI would be entirely re-built

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03009FRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Chem. du Tour de ville, 80700 Fransart, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D161, Fransart is 60 km NE of Beauvais, SSE of Amiens, SSW of St-Quentin.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Le Santerre, Picardie
Century and Period: 12th century (mid) [Enlart], Romanesque
A description of the font at Fransart is given in from an original note submitted by a M. Buteux and read by M. Garnier to the session of 11 August 1874 of the Société des antiquaires de Picardie, as recorded in the society's Bulletins (tome XII, Paris; Amiens, 1876), p. 122: "Au dessus d'une maçonnerie de 16 centimètres est posé le vase des fonts composé de trois pierres calcaires superposées, ayant ensemble une hauteur de 75 centimètres, sous le couvercle moderne en bois et 72 également sous ce couvercle". The description was accompanied originally by a drawing of the font by Mlle. Maria Pechon, according to the above source. The font is illustrated in Enlart (1895). Enlart (1902) lists this font as a crude example of medieval fonts that can be dated to the mid-12th century by the moulding or rim. The font in the 1895 drawing consists of an octagonal basin with plain sides that curve around the underbowl to a short pedestal base, also octagonal; the lower base is octagonal-to-square, with a moulding atop, and four leaves at the angles of the square part. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80001465] as a baptismal font of the 12th century; no further details given.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.767532, 2.77339
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 46′ 3.11″ N, 2° 46′ 24.2″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
Enlart, Camille, Monuments réligieux de l'architecture romane et de transition dans la région Picarde, Amiens: Yvert et Tellier, 1895