Villiers-Herbisse
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design element - architectural - buttress - 8
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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design element - motifs - vine
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design element - patterns - tracery - window tracery
Scene Description: all around the lower part of the basin, the underbowl and the upper base
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - arms of France
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, vue générale"
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03500VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de l'Assomption-de-la-Vierge à Villiers-Herbisse
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Rue du Prieuré, 10700 Herbisse, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aube, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D10-D198 crossroads, W of the A26, about 45 km N of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078315]: "12e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Listed by Corblet )1881-1882, v. 2, p. 124) as a baptismal font of the 16th century. Listed in www.maires-aube.asso.fr with the same dating. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10002951]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve baptismale à infusion [...] 2e moitié 15e siècle (?) ; 1er quart 16e siècle (?) [...] Calcaire jaune. Fait de 2 assises superposées. Couvercle bois récent. [...] H = 98 ; d = 81 [...] Un écu aux armes de France, un autre chargé de 2 épées entrecroisées, un dernier avec 3 meubles non-identifiés. Les autres écus sont vides [...] Agrafes métalliques rouillées et qui font éclater la pierre." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010031029104]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.6361, 4.11188
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 38′ 9.96″ N, 4° 6′ 42.77″ E
UTM: 4.11188
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 81 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-04-05 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-04-05 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.