Champcueil
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve ovale reposant sur un pied formé de plusieurs pierres. L'évier annexe est à six pans et est creusé d'une cuvette ronde [...] 15e siècle"
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Image Source: digital image [AP91W00219] of an undated colour photograph [91W00219] in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP91W00219] [accessed 18 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - west porch and portal
Scene Description: Source caption: "Champcueil-intérieur-porche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JC Allin, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2010 by JC Allin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champcueil-intérieur-porche.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de Champcueil, Champcueil, Essonne, France" -- the apse and the northeast tower are partially visible here; the view is obstructed by the bar-tabac-brasserie 'Le P'tit Chancolia' in the foreground
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Poudou99, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph 16 August 2009 by Poudou99 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champcueil_IMG_4978.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church interior - east end - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Champcueil-Notre-Dame-choeur-est"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © JC Allin, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 2010 by JC Allin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Champcueil-Notre-Dame-choeur-est.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04326CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption-de-la-Très-Sainte-Vierge de Champcueil
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 13th, 15th-16thC -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087856]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 15e siècle [...] Témoignages de maçonneries préromanes sous le choeur."
Church Address: 4 Grande Rue, 91750 Champcueil, France
Site Location: Essone, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D153, 14 km SW of Melun, about 30 km S of Paris city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry–Corbeil-Essonnes
Historical Region: Le Gâtinais français
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 15th century baptismal font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM91000087]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Pierre [...] Cuve ovale reposant sur un pied formé de plusieurs pierres. L'évier annexe est à six pans et est creusé d'une cuvette ronde [...] 15e siècle [...] H = 134 ; la = 75". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP91W00219]. Baptismal font with double attached basins: the main basin is the largest, oval/oblong in shape, its sides decorated with several mouldings and several human heads and foliage motifs on the sides; the constructional draining basin is hexagonal and is also de corated in a similar manner; the pedestal base is plain, oval/oblong-to-rectangular. The wooden cover is flat and has a contour that follows that of the upper rims of the basins; two metal loop anchorings are located at opposite sides of the narrow part of the main basin.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 459090 5373666
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.51477, 2.44604
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 30′ 53.17″ N, 2° 26′ 45.74″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: double basins 1) oval - 2) round
Basin Exterior Shape: double basins 1) oval - 2) hexagonal
Drainage System: hole in the small basin
Drainage Notes: the drainage hole will be in the smaller basin, as usual
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 134 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM91000087]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV D 33