Presles in Presles-et-Thierny
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of church exterior - west façade
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03115PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges-et-Saint-Quirin de Presles
Church Patron Saints: St. George & St. Quirinus
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 02860 Presles-et-Thierny, France -- Tel : 03 23 20 69 13
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D25, NE of Nouvion-le-Vineux, S of Laon, NE of Soissons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: Pays de Laon, Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115878]
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of a square-to-round capital-shaped basin, a thick roll moulding at the centre ring position, raised on a short round pedestal base with a broad roll moulding below, and a short irregular polygonal (?) plinth; each angle of the basin is decorated with a foliated scroll formed by very large foliage patterns from the sides. A second font or stoup is located near this font, a hemispherical basin on a round pedestal base. Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th century pedestal font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000968]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 12e siècle [...] Cuve carrée reposant sur un fût monocylindrique dont la base s'aplatit sur un socle polygonal."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.509404, 3.626223
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 30′ 33.85″ N, 3° 37′ 34.4″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square-to-round (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 97 x 97 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM02000968]
REFERENCES
Broche, Lucien, L'Église de Presles (Aisne) [Extrait du "Bulletin monumental", année 1905.], Caen: H. Delesques, 1905
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902