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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Marle ca.1648

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03490MAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame
Church Location: rue Lalouette, 02250 Marle, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located 25 km NE of Laon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: Le Marlois -- Pays de la Serre
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: church here built ca.1180 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115807]
Malézieux (1873), in an article about the fonts at Berthenicourt and Saint-Germain (nr. Guise) in Aisne, includes a number of fonts of similar date and design at "Vermand, La-Neuvelle-la-Corbie, Vendeuil, Saint-Simon, Marle, Montdidier, Ver", and fragments in the churches of "Etreillers, Ribemont, Fonsomme, Gauchy, Marteville". Listed in Corblet (1881-1882) with the "fonts antiques" but without any annotation. The web site of this town [www.ville-marle.com] [accessed 3 January 2014] informs that the origianl old font here was moved to the parish church at nearby Montigby-sous-Marle; in its place it received a copy of the font of Vermand [="Les fonts baptismaux, forts anciens, ont été cédés à l'église de MONTIGNY SOUS MARLE et remplacés par une copie de ceux de VERMAND.]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.74037, 3.770682
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 44′ 25.33″ N, 3° 46′ 14.45″ E
UTM: 31U 555581 5510009

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
Malézieux, J., "Cuves baptismales de Berthenicourt et de St-Germain", 1er année (1873), Le Vermandois: revue d'histoire locale, beaux-arts et littérature, pp. 81-83; r["References"]