Courcelles-les-Lens / Courcelles-lès-Lens
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the church re-built after WWI and restored in 2014
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03040COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Vaast
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vedast [aka Foster, Vaast, Vedastus]
Church Notes: church re-built after WWI; restored 2014
Church Address: 62970 Courcelles-lès-Lens, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Courcelles is located off the D160, just S of Évin-Malmaison, about 5 km NW of Douai, 20 km E of Lens, 25 NE of Arras. Other interesting fonts nearby: Evin-Malmaison, Douai museum, etc.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) [simply as Courcelles] in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 501185 5585202
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.418844, 3.01668
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 25′ 7.84″ N, 3° 1′ 0.05″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 3