Larchant

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - panel - 2

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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 - north portal - tympanum

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Mathurin de Larchant."

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Basilique Saint Mathurin de Larchant - vue générale"

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view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, nef, fonts baptismaux."

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view of object

Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, nef, ancien bénitier" [cf. FontNotes]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Larchant (77), basilique Saint-Mathurin, croisillon sud, bénitier."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03106LAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Mathurin / Basilique Saint-Mathurin de Larchant
Church Patron Saints: St. Mathurin [aka Maturinus]
Church Location: 77760 Larchant, France
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Larchant is located off the D16, about 15 km SE of Fontainebleau, about 8 km W of Nemours
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century [Enlart], Late Medieval
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.)."
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.28402, 2.59625
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 17′ 2.47″ N, 2° 35′ 46.5″ E
UTM: 31U 470048 5347947

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
Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985