Hampigny
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03498HAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas d'Hampigny
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078120]: "Église paroissiale [...] Nef romane du 12e siècle ; choeur marial en forme de rotonde du 16e siècle ; façade ouest reconstruite par Nicolas Durand et clocher octogonal du 18e siècle ; verrières et mobilier du 19e siècle (vitraux posés vers 1900 par Janin, de l'Ecole de Nancy)."
Church Address: Rue de la Sauvegarde, 10500 Hampigny, France
Site Location: Aube, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2-D24A crossroads, 10 km NNE of Brienne-le-Château, 45-50 km ENE of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Listed by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as a 16th century font. No reference to this font found in Palissy, but two metal holy-water stoups of the 16th/17th century in this church are listed [ref.: IM10002708 and /IM10002808]; they are illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010_031003258 and OA010_031003266]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 617579 5368139
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.4554, 4.59029
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 27′ 19.44″ N, 4° 35′ 25.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 123