Montigny / Montigny-sous-Marle?
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03126MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [Enlart], Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai type?
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges de Montigny
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Address: O2250 Montigny-sous-Marle, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: Pays de la Serre
Font Notes:
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Enlart (1902) lists the font at Montigny, Aisne, as being of the Tournai-type, with eight colonnettes supporting the basin around a larger central foot. [NB: a font from the parish church at Marle -Notre-Dame- is said to have been moved to this church -- cf. Index entry for Marle].
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.747851, 3.791898
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 44′ 52.27″ N, 3° 47′ 30.83″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 777