Larchant
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, nef, fonts baptismaux."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Poschadel, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2014 by Pierre Poschadel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larchant_(77),_basilique_Saint-Mathurin,_nef,_fonts_baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 18 March 2025]
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design element - motifs - panel - 2
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design element - motifs - moulding
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Poschadel, 2014
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view of church exterior - north portal - tympanum
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Mathurin de Larchant."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Chabe01, 2019
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view of church exterior - north portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Portail nord de l'église Saint-Mathurin de Larchant, Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Yann Gwilhoù, 2012
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Basilique Saint Mathurin de Larchant - vue générale"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MarcJP46, 2005
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![Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, nef, ancien bénitier" [cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1250318005_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, nef, ancien bénitier" [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Poschadel, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 16 July 2014 by Pierre Poschadel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Larchant_(77),_basilique_Saint-Mathurin,_nef,_ancien_bénitier.JPG] [accessed 18 March 2025]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, croisillon sud, bénitier."
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03106LAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [Enlart], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Mathurin / Basilique Saint-Mathurin de Larchant
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mathurin [aka Maturinus]
Church Notes: The church of Saint-Mathurin (local saint, circa 3rd cent. AD) is dated mostly to the 13th and 14th centuries but Delpal's guide (France, 1985) mentions a 15th century altarpiece, which matches Enlart's dating of the font -- listed in Mériméee [ref.: PA00087053]: "2e moitié 12e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 16e siècle [...] Partiellement ruinée. 18 04 1914 (J.O.)."
Church Address: 77760 Larchant, France
Site Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Larchant is located off the D16, about 15 km SE of Fontainebleau, about 8 km W of Nemours
Additional Comments: composite font? (the basin and base do not seem to be of the same period and make) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of fonts "en forme de navette" and dated by him to the 15th century. The basin is oval-shaped inside and out, with two plain panels on opposite sides; simple moulding below the upper rim; the octagonal-to-square pedestal base is probably a later replacement. There is no cover present but the upper rim of the basin shows evidence of metal anchorings for an old cover. An octagonal holy-water stoup is located in the south transept, and there is a tub-shaped dodecagonal vessel in the nave of this church identified in the source [cf. ImagesArea] as an ancient holy-water stoup: "ancien bénitier"; its two parts do not seem to work together either, and the basin looks too deep for a stoup.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 470048 5347947
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.28402, 2.59625
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 17′ 2.47″ N, 2° 35′ 46.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 776 footnote 3
- Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 325