Arras No. 1

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view of canopy - detail

Source caption: 'Louis Poteau, [Arras. Élévation des fonts baptismaux de l'ancienne cathédrale d'Arras], plume, encre de chine, lavis, [1776-1789]. Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais, 4 J 391."
Scene Description: Source caption: 'Louis Poteau, [Arras. Élévation des fonts baptismaux de l'ancienne cathédrale d'Arras], plume, encre de chine, lavis, [1776-1789]. Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais, 4 J 391."
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Image Source: digital image of a 1776-1789 drawing [plume, encre de chine, lavis] by Louis Poteau, in the Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais, 4 J 391 [https://archivespasdecalais.fr/layout/set/print/Decouvrir/Decouvrir-en-images/Expositions-virtuelles/Identite-et-citoyennete/Etablir-l-identite] [accessed 6 May 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 03117ARR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Museum and Inventory Number: Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras [former Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Vaast]
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] 22 Rue Paul Doumer, 62000 Arras, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 71 26 43
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: In the Musée des Beaux-Arts d'Arras [former Benedictine Abbey of Saint-Vaast], just S of th cathedral
Font Location in Church: [in a museum]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th century pedestal font. The partial late-18th century drawing of a font canopy by Louis Poteau is held in the Archives départementales du Pas-de-Calais, 4 J 391 [https://archivespasdecalais.fr/layout/set/print/Decouvrir/Decouvrir-en-images/Expositions-virtuelles/Identite-et-citoyennete/Etablir-l-identite] [accessed 6 May 2022]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.291944, 2.773333
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 17′ 31″ N, 2° 46′ 24″ E
UTM: 31U 483854 5571116

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

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