Noyelle-Vion
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INFORMATION
FontID: 10105NOY
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 62810 Noyelle-Vion, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D75-D78E2 crossroads, WSW of Habarcq, 16 km W of Arras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: L'Atrébatie, L'Atois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church?
Century and Period: 12th century [base only], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font? [base only]
Church Notes: present church is 18thC
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font mentioned in Oursel (1994: 227) in the context of the Tournai fonts of Avesnes-le-Comte and Evin-Malmaison [cf. corresponding Index entries]: the lower base is decorated with monstruous animal heads at the angles. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62001169] as the base of a Tournai font of the 12th century: "Base des fonts baptismaux. Pierre de Tournay."
n a communication between Jean-Claude Ghislain and Pol Herman (e-mail of 22 April 2022) Ghislain wrote: "Voici quelques repères relatifs aux éléments de fonts baptismaux romans tournaisiens dont vous citez les noms de lieux [...] Noyelle-Vion (Pas-de-Calais) : base".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 467988 5571183
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
REFERENCES
Oursel, Hervé, Nord roman: Flandre, Artois, Picardie, Laonnois, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1994