Quintin

Baptismal font originally from an old chapel dedicated to St. Mary, turned into Ancienne collégiale in 1405; the latter was destroyed by a fire on 8 January 1600. The font was later installed in the new church that was consecrated in July 1887; this new church was consecrated as a basilica and dedicated to the Virgin on 29 July 1934. Font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM22001042]: "Cuve monolithe et octogonale ornée de mascarons et posée sur un pédicule fasciculé [...] 14e siècle". The baptismal font is made of granite and dates from the 14th century; it consists of an octagonal basin the sides of which are decorated with a blind arcade of narrow arches on the vertical parts, whereas the rounded upper sides are decorated with quatrefoils; the mainbasin has a secondary smaller basin protruding on one side; the bottom surface of this auxiliary basin is decorated with a human face or mask; human faces and/or masks of different sizes decorate also the underbowl; ths upper base is a cluster of colonnettes with capitals and bases; the loer splaying base is octagonal and partly buried in the flooring. frey-roger.ifrance.com notes that the domed wooden cover is the work of Jeanne Malivel and was made in 1921 but the entry for this font in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonts_baptismaux_de_Quintin] [accessed 18 June 2025] has: "couvercle en bois ciré de 70 centimètres de haut réalisé par Jean Lousse, sculpteur à Quintin." The font is illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP22W02207 and AP22W02207]. For digital photographs of this font and cover see https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonts_baptismaux_de_Quintin [accessed 18 June 2025]