Saint-Martin-Choquel / Chocquel-lès-Menneville / St-Martin-Choquel
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Image Source: Drake (2002: pl. 152)
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design element - motifs - leaf
Scene Description: several folds in each of the capitals at underbowl level
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Image Source: Drake (2002: pl. 152)
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: at each end of the stems of the columns of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © C.S. Drake, 2002
Image Source: Drake (2002: pl. 152)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03156MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Marquise font / Boulonnais font
Cognate Fonts: Other such fonts at Audrehem, Condette, Dannes, Henneveux, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 62240 Saint-Martin-Choquel, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D204, between Selles (N) and Bécourt (S), 22 km SE of Boulogne-sur-Mer
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Pays de la Faïence de Desvres
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th century square mounted font on a 5-column base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62001317] with date in the 12th century. Listed in Oursel (1994) in a group of fonts sharing a general design and made from a local limestone of ochre colour known as 'pierre de Marquise'; other fonts listed in that group are Dannes, Condette, Audrehem, Cormont [quatrefoil-shaped basin], Henneveux and Hervelinghem. Described and illustrated in Drake (2002). This font is probably the closest to the one at Henneveux, but the capitals of the base columns here have several leaves and volutes and, in contrast, the columnar support here has been simplified in the number and shape of the roll mouldings. One of the staples of the old font cover is still present at the upper rim. A B&W photograph of this font [from Drake's book] can be seen at the Archaeology Data Service web site [https://ads.ahds.ac.uk/catalogue] [accessed 18 January 2008]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Adrian James, Asst. Librarian, Society of Antiquaries of London, for his help in documenting this font.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 420915 5613971
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (pierre de Marquis)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
LID INFORMATION
Notes: at least one of the old iron staples is still present in the upper rim
REFERENCES
- Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 68, 177 and pl. 152
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 777 footnote 3
- Oursel, Hervé, Nord roman: Flandre, Artois, Picardie, Laonnois, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1994, p. 231