Fay / Faÿ / Fay-en-Santerre / Fayin

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03149FAY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: atelier de Villers-Carbonnel [Enlart]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin, Faÿ
Font Location in Church: [destroyed in WWI]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: The entry for Fay in Par monts et par forts [https://parmontsetparforts.fr/2023/05/15/fay/] [accessed 20 March 2025] informs that the church and the whole village were destroyed in WWI; rebuilt on a new nearby site in 1920
Church Address: 80200 Fay, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The site for this Fay is located off (N) the RD1029, W of the D4164 -- only vestiges remain of the destroyed church in the original site, near Belloy-en-Santerre, 48 km E of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Le Haut Santerre / Terre de Picardie
Additional Comments: destroyed font? (the church and the font were destroyed in WWI)
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 13th century square mounted font from the atelier de Villers-Carbonnel of Somme. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80000600] as a disappeared baptismal font of the 13th century [NB: destroyed in WWI?]. Illustrations of this font before its destruction show a square basin raised on a broad central shaft and a square lower base; the basin sides are decorated with varied patterns (zigzag, wave, etc.) on the sides, the underbowl formed by four large foliated capitals that would have connected with the missing angle colonnettes of the original base, as the lower base itseld had also remains of the moulded bases in the corners; also on the underbowl are decorative motifs and at least one foliated cross.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 486308 5526018

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 footnote 3
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.