Vert-la-Gravelle / Vert-Toulon
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church interior - capital
Scene Description: mermaid and Green-man; 16th-century?
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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view of church interior - piscina
Scene Description: 16th-century?
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03010VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre de Vert la Gravelle
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located 55-60 kms S of Reims [NB: the villages of Vert-la-Gravelle and Toulon-la-Montagne merged into 'Vert-Toulon' in 1973]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Chalons-en-Champagne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove
Century and Period: 12th century (mid?), Romanesque
Church Notes: Original church built in the 12th century, but south chapel is 16th-century; mural paintings -including a Baptism of Christ in a chalice-shaped font, is 15th- or 16th-century
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a typical example of a crude medieval font and dated to the mid-12th century. The baptismal font consists of a polygonal [hexagonal?] basin with vertical sides plain but for a minimal moulding at the lower end, recessed underbowl of the same shape, and hexagonal-to-round pedestal base, also plain. The round wooded cover has a turned knob handle, also of wood. It is located in an alcove, inside the church. It could well be dated later than Enlart suggested.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902