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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03832AVE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 62144 Hautes-Avesnes, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located at the D62-D939 crossroads, 11 km WNW of Arras, NE of Avesnes-le-Comte
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: L'Avesnois, L'Artois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1535
Century and Period: 16th century,
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62000795] as a baptismal font carved out of a sandstone capital of the 13th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, sandstone
Font Shape: capital-shape
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: "1535"
Inscription Source: Enlart (1902, p. 785 footnote 1)
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985