Doncourt-aux-Templiers
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03904DON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Maurice
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Notes: The present church was built in 1927 (Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 1, p. 433)
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Fresnes-en-Woëvre, arrondissement de Verdun, about 25 kms ESE of Verdun
Additional Comments: recycled font: font from the old church re-used in the new church built in 1927
Font Notes:
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Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 1, p. 433) as a square mounted font of the 16th century. The basin is square, its sides ornamented with one patriarchal cross, grape and oak vines and shields, one of them with a Latin cross. The base consists of a table-like surface supported on a broad central shaft and four detached square colonnettes at the angles. The source (ibid.) informs that this font came from the old church, which was totally destroyed during the First World War.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: A modern pyramidal wooden cover with a cross finial
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse, Paris: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1, p. 433