Driencourt
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: the old church destroyed in WWI
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the modern church of the 1920s
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2014 by APictche [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Driencourt.JPG] [accessed 4 May 2016]
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information
Scene Description: includes an illustration of the old church destroyed in WWI
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © APictche, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 July 2014 by APictche [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d7/Driencourt_(3).JPG] [accessed 4 May 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03019DRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Radegonde [old church destroyed]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Radegund [aka Radegunda, Radegunde]
Church Notes: church destroyed in WWI; re-built 1920s
Church Address: 80240 Driencourt, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 6 kms NE of Peronne, 25 km NEt of Saint-Quentin.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Picardie
Additional Comments: destroyed font? (the whole village was destroyed in WWI)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of difficult to date fonts. The old church and the whole village were destroyed in WWI.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 1