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Apostle or saint - St. Martin - on horseback - sharing his cape

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New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation

New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Visitation

New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan

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design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases - 4

Scene Description: richly decorated

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design element - motifs - foliage

view of basin - detail

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux dans l'église de Davenescourt. - [Calque]. B) Fonts baptismaux dans l'église de Davenescourt. - Extrait de "Voyages pittoresques en France" par le Baron Taylor."

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de Davenescourt - Fonts baptismaux. - Héliogravure Dujardin, Paris (Extrait de "La Picardie historique et monumentale")."

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03182DAV
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 2-6 rue Cantereine, 80500 Davenescourt, France -- Tél.: 03.22.78.03.07
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located on the D160 and D41 road junction, 8 km NW of Montdidier, 40 km SE of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Pays de Santerre
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance marble font mounted on a five-support base. Noted and illustrated in 'Le petit Patrimoine en Pays de Somme' [http://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux-jusqu-au-13e/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 16 March 2015]: "Les fonts baptismaux de style Renaissance, en calcaire jaunâtre, d'un grain très fin ont été restaurés après la guerre 14/18. La cuve est formée d'une coupe ornée de sculptures sur ses diverses faces, et repose sur un support central auquel adhèrent quatre colonnettes. Des bas reliefs sont sculptés sur le fût central : Saint Martin divisant son manteau, l'Annonciation, la Visitation, le Baptême du Christ par Saint Jean." The font is of the single volume type, made of yellowish limestone, octagonal at the top but becoming square below, withfour thick columns with capitals and bases that frame the four scenes on the sides: St. Martin sharing his cape, the Anuunciation, Visitation and Baptism of Christ in the Jordan; the splaying base is moulded, and two of its sides are carved with foliage etc; damaged now, even adter its restoration after WWI.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 470938 5506466

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: octagonal-to-square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902