Wierre-au-Bois
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font and cover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03140WIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Omer
Church Patron Saints: St. Omer [aka Audomar, Audomarus, Odemaars]
Church Location: 62830 Wierre-su-Bois, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Wierre-au-Bois is located off the D215, just NE of Samer, about 15 km SE of Boulogne-s-Mer. Many other such fonts listed for the immediate area.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Le Boulonnais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century (late?) [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font / Marquise [Enlart]
Church Notes: female monastery here founded by St. Wulmer 7thC, and soon thereafter the abbaye de Saint-Wulmer in nearby Samer -- present church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00062645]: "Choeur et avant choeur datables 15e ou 16e siècle ; nef 16e siècle ; tour 18e siècle ; chapelle sud construite en 1890 et 1891".
Noted in Joanne (1878) as a baptismal font of the 12th century. Listed by Enlart (1895) and (1902) as a 12th-century Marquise font on a 5-support base. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM62001156]: "fonts baptismaux [...] calcaire [...] Le soubassement et les supports des fonts baptismaux datent du 12e siècle, la cuve date probablement du 19e siècle." Baptismal font reconstructed from a late-12th century original: the square basin is a 19th-century replacement of the original; the five-column pedestal base and the square lower base are original. The dome-shaped metal cover is 19th-century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Basin Total Height: 46 cm*
Height of Side Columns: 16 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 96 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 80 x 80 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM62001156]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 19th century?
Material:
metal,
zinc
Apparatus: no
Notes: source: Palissy [ref.: IM62001156]
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
Joanne, Adolphe Laurent, Géographie du département de l'Aisne avec une carte coloriée et 20 gravures, Paris: Libraririe Hachette et Cie., 1879
