Celle-les-Conde / Celles-les-Condé

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03056CEL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [Enlart], Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Nativité-de-la-Sainte-Vierge à Celles-lès-Condé
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity of St. Mary
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115574]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle"
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 02330 Celles-lès-Condé, France
Site Location: Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D1-D1003 crossroads, about 15 km ESE of Château-Thierry
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts of Gothic style; on it, Enlart adds, "les clefs de Saint Pierre" [NB: on the other side of the Surmelin river is the village of Condé-en-Brie, listed in this Index with an ornate octagonal font of the Gothic period]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 541798 5428936
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.0119, 3.5716
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 0′ 42.84″ N, 3° 34′ 17.76″ 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 4; p. 780