Rouy-le-Grand
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03160ROU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Cartigny
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Étienne de Rouy-le-Grand
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: Romanesque church damaged in WWI; re-built 1925; renovated 2017
Church Address: 15 Grande Rue, 80190 Rouy-le-Grand, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D930C, on the N bank of the Canal du Nord, 5 km NE of Nesle, 25-30 km N of Noyon
Ecclesiastic Region: Dioces d'Amiens
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 12th-century square mounted font on a five-column base. A document [lithograph?] entitled "Fonts baptismaux de Rouy-le-Grand" appears in the BAM catalogue [https://bibliotheques.amiens.fr/Default/doc/SYRACUSE/552544/facade-de-l-eglise-de-rouy-le-grand-fonts-baptismaux-de-rouy-le-grand-modillons-de-l-eglise-de-voyen] [accessed 20 March 2025] [no e-access to it]. Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM80001128]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 13e siècle [...] Pierre". Also listed for this church in Palissy [ref.: PM80001127] is a holy-water stoup of the same period: "Bénitier [...] 13e siècle [...] Pierre [...] formé de deux colonnettes avec leurs chapiteaux."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 496834 5513606
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.774913, 2.956026
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 46′ 29.69″ N, 2° 57′ 21.7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
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.
- 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.