Templeux-le-Guerard / Templeux-le-Guérard
INFORMATION
FontID: 03176TEM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Médard de Templeux-le-Guérard
Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Location: 80240 Templeux-le-Guérard, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D406, about 16 km NW of St-Quentin, about 20 km E of Péronne, 23 km S of Cambrai
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Picardie
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century [Enlart], Medieval
Church Notes: church dynamited 1917
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 14th or 15th century marble font mounted on a 5-support base, though a later reference in Enlart qualifies it as a square base with carved columns at the corners (one which developed from the earlier 5-support type).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.96307, 3.1487
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 57′ 47.05″ N, 3° 8′ 55.32″ E
UTM: 31U 510665 5534535
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: Unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902