Montsoult

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design element - motifs - geometric - varied

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design element - motifs - vine - grape - with grape bunches

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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed

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human figure - child - prone position

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human figure - child - prone position

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view of church exterior - northeast view

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view of font

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03082MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sulpice de Montsoult
Church Patron Saints: St. Sulpice [aka Sulpitius]
Church Location: 5-9 Rue de la Mairie, 95560 Montsoult, France
Country Name: France
Location: Val-d'Oise, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Montsoult is located off the D64, W of the N1, 25-30 km N of Paris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Pontoise
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century (mid?), Renaissance
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church re-built mid-16thC; restored 1970s -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080135]: "1543"
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance octagonal font. The font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with a torus-scotia at the upper end, and a deeply-carved grapevine below in which two(?) naked children in a prone position; the underbowl is gadrooned or ribbed; the stem of the pedestal base is octagonal and decorated with geometric and stylised foliage on the sides, the lower end with stops at four sides to turn into the square lower base. There is significant damage to the upper rim where the metal staples for the anchoring of a font cover split the stone. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.07076, 2.30976
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 4′ 14.74″ N, 2° 18′ 35.14″ E
UTM: 31U 449586 5435551

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902