Troissy No. 1

INFORMATION

Font ID: 10137TRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Troissy
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078878]
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 51700 Troissy, France
Site Location: Marne, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D3, 5 km E of Dormans, 20 km E of Château-Thierry, about 30 km SW of Reims
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Châlons-en-Champagne
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Notes:
Interesting baptismal font of the 15th or 16th century [source: La deuxième bataille de La Marne (1919: 148) [source: www.lib.byu.edu/~rdh/wwi/comment/Marne2/Marne2-5.html]. The only font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM51003046] for this church is 18th-century: "Font baptismaux [...] pierre [...] 18e siècle". [cf. Index entry for Troissy No. 2 for a holy-water stoup of the 15th century in this church]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 551854 5436762
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.081531, 3.710101
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 4′ 53.51″ N, 3° 42′ 36.37″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • La deuxième bataille de La Marne, 1914-1918, Clermont-Ferrand: Michelin & Cie, éditeurs, 1919, p. 148
  • 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.