Montlevon / Molvon / Mons Livonis / Mons Luvonis

Results: 6 records

coat of arms - unidenitfied

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - architectural - arcade - blind - Gothic arches - 8 - columns with capitals and bases - torsade columns

Scene Description: the columns paired to support the eight Gothic arches

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on six of the basin sides

symbol - shield - emblem - Christ - monogram - IHS

view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: notice the position of the tower towards the east end of the nave, near the apse

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jean-Pierre Duburcq, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph takem 15 August 2013 by Jean-Pierre Duburcq [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Montlevon.jpg] [accessed 10 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: Reproduce under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported, 2.5 Generic, 2.0 Generic and 1.0 Generic license

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: village houses, churchyard., etc.

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pascal3012, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 December 2013 by Pascal3012 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montlevoneglise.JPG] [accessed 10 January 2014]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 04342MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 02330 Montlevon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located on the D204 [aka rue du Condé-en-Brie], in the canton and SSW of Condé-en-Brie, 80 km from Laon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: ancienne Brie champenoise
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church Notes: church [nave, chancel] originally 11thC; restored 16thC -- listed and illustrated in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115830]
The font at Montlevon is noted in the 'Annales de la Société historique et archéologique de Château-Thierry', meeting of 12 May 1865 (p. 12, in which a M. Barbey [Barbet?] gave a communication that included comments as well as a drawing of the baptismal font at Montlevon; this intervention is reiterated by the president of the Société, M. Hachette, at the 8 December 1865 meeting. [NB: unfortunately the original drawing is not appended to the record of the meetings]. A description of the Montlevon font is however recorded in a report by M. Barbet and M. Moulin to the meeting of the said Société on 4 November 1880 (p. 437 of the Annales...): "Les fonts baptismaux en pierre dure sculpté sont d'une bonne conservation; ils consistent en une cuve octogonale supporté par seize colonnes torses accouplés deux par deux, chaque coin, et surmontés d'une arcade gothique. Six des tableaux qui sont formés par chacun des cotés de l'octogone sont remplis par des ornements feuillages; le septième contient suspendu un arbre un écu sur lequel sont les lettres J. H. S. et le dernier un autre écu armoyé d'un chevron accompagné de trois fleurs de lys, deux en chef, l'autre en pointe." Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a sculptured baptismal font of the 15th century. Lysted in Palissy [ref.: PM02000829]: "La cuve surmonte une arcature à arcs brisés et colonnettes torses, le tout élevé sur plan octogonal [...] 15e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.965778, 3.539722
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 56.8″ N, 3° 32′ 23″ E
UTM: 31U 539504 5423792

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-