Solesmes
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 09555SOL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1587
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Solesmes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church [now serving as stoup]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the old church
Church Address: Pl. Jean Jaurès, 59730 Solesmes, France -- Tel.: +33 3 27 37 31 08
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D43-D955 crossroads, 19-20 km E of Cambrai
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cambrai
Historical Region: Le Solesmois / Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly the font at the old church, now used as stoup in the new one
Font Notes:
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The holy-water stoup now in the Baroque new church at Solesmes was originally the baptismal font of the old church and is dated 1587 [source: 'Histoire et patrimoine du Canton de Solesmes', by Millot and Kozlowski, in www2.ac-lille.fr-stex-solesmes]. A digital photograph of this object taken on June 7, 2013 by Marc Roussel may be seen in Flickr [https://www.flickr.com/photos/7478087@N06/29632825608/] [accessed 9 August 2025] with the caption: "Solesmes (Nord, France) - La date de 1587 est parfaitement lisible sur l'une des faces des fonts baptismaux." The entry for this church in the CAUE [Conseil d'Architecture, d'Urbanisme et de l'Environnement du Nord] [https://www.caue-nord.com/en/portail/41/observatoire/61189/leglise-saint-martin-de-solesmes-59.html] [accessed 9 August 2025] notes: "Quelques éléments proviennent de l'ancienne église : le soubassement de grès, ainsi que la chaire, classée à l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques et datant probablement de 1704, le bénitier et les anciens fonts baptismaux de 1587." Liste in Palissy [ref.: PM59009005]: "Bénitier, ancien fonts baptismaux [...] Grès : taillé [...] H = 110 ; la = 70 (à l'extérieur) [...] Date (gravée) : 1587 [...] Ancien fonts baptismaux devenus bénitier."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 535638 5559442
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.1861, 3.4992
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 11′ 9.96″ N, 3° 29′ 57.12″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 70 x 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on one side of the basin
Inscription Text: "1587"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.