Chaumesnil

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 09581CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Cognate Fonts: Somewhat similar to the font at Précy-Notre-Dame, in neaby Aube département
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de Chaumesnil
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Address: Rue des Charmes, 10500 Chaumesnil, France
Site Location: Haute-Marne, Grand-Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D960, 6 km SE of Brienne-le-Château, about 25 km E of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10000553]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] L'oeuvre est de forme octogonale. Figures sculptées aux angles [...] H = 90 ; d = 125 [...] 12e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010031022768]. Described in Collins (1981: 107) as a Romanesque baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with four protruding heads carved at 90-degree angles on the sides; one is mutilated and only the lower part of the face remains, while the three others are wearing a cylindrical toque or hat; the smallest of the heads has actually a bust and very small arms; Collins (ibid.) suggests that they may have been intended to represent the four ages of man ["Peut-être s'agirait-il des quatre âges de l'homme?"]; the base is described as hexagonal and decorated with four hooded heads with grimacing faces, which show considerable erosion of the stone. This font is listed in Drake (2002: 176) in the "chess-piece" group of Mosan fonts. Collins (1981: 107) lists it in the Aube département. Chaumesnil is about 25 km E of Troyes, in the Haute-Marne département, just over the border from Aube]

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.359266, 4.596632
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 21′ 33.36″ N, 4° 35′ 47.87″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 125 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Collin, Hubert, Champagne romane, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1981, p. 107
  • Drake, Colin Stuart, The Romanesque Fonts of Northern Europe and Scandinavia, Woodbridge, Suffolk: Boydell Press, 2002, p. 176
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • 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.