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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Viollet-le-duc (1875, v. 5: fig. 8 on p. 543)
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 128)
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design element - architectural - arcade - 8 arches - mitre arches - fleur-de-lis motif
Scene Description: The arches are topped with fleur-de-lis motif and house a variety of motifs under them (triquetras, arches, rosettes, plants, etc.), a/p illustration in Viollet-le-Duc (1875)
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 128)
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design element - motifs - assorted
Scene Description: [cf. font notes for details], a/p illustration in Corblet (1881)
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 128)
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - 8 arches - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: One on each side of the stem of te base
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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 128)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03521LAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century (late), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Saint-Mammès de Langres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mammes of Cesarea [aka Mamas, Mammas, Mammet]
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00079088]
Church Address: 4 Pl. Jeanne Mance, 52200 Langres, France -- Tel.: +33 3 25 87 67 67
Site Location: Haute-Marne, Grand-Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Langres is about 65 km NE of Dijon up the N74 or the A31-E17-E21
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Langres
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Viollet-le-Duc (1875: t. 5, 1875, p. 542-543), Corblet (1881-1882: v. 2, p. 128) and Lasteyrie (1926-1927, vol. 2: 510) [after Viollet-le-Duc]: octagonal mounted font which these authors date to the end of the 13th century, although the crocketing of the arches of the basin sides points probably to a later century. Each of the eight sides contains a "mitre arch" [i.e., triangular] topped with a fleur-de-lis and crocketed; under the arches can be found different motifs such as triquetras, rosettes, small trefoil arches, plant motifs, etc., while the spandrels are filled chiefly with foliage motif. The underbowl appears plain and chamfered. The stem of the base is octagonal with a blind trefoil arch on each side. The lower base splays outwards slightly and is also octagonal.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 674653 5303843
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.864167, 5.335278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 51′ 51″ N, 5° 20′ 7″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 128
- Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927, vol. 2, p. 510
- Viollet-le-Duc, Eugène-Emmanuel, Dictionnaire raisonné de l'architecture française du XIe au XVIe siècle, Paris: Morel & Cie, 1854-1868, t. 5, p. 542-543