Chooz / Tchô

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human figure - head

Scene Description: the one on the left side of the stoup seen here

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Image Source: B&W photograph in Palissy [ref.: PM08000152]

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: the head on the right side of the font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © J-M. Lecomte?, 2005

Image Source: www.ville-chooz.fr/memoire/patrimoine/images/15.jpg

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 August 2008 by Rolandluw [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:KircheChooz.jpg] [accessed 24 December 2013]

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view of font and context

Scene Description: wall mounted; showing the head on the right side

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Image Source: B&W photograph in Palissy [ref.: PM08000152]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 10818CHO
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Rémi
Church Patron Saints: St. Remigius of Reims [aka Remi, Rémi, Remy]
Church Location: 08600 Chooz, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the N51, 8-9 km S of Givet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan type?
Described and illustrated in Pinard (1986). Tozzini (1999) [www.ville-chooz.fr/memoire/patrimoine/] quotes a description from the Abbé Pinard's monograph in an hors série number of 'Ardenne wallonne' on Chooz: "une seule demi-cuve baptismale en pierre bleu de Givet, émerge du mur qui enchâsserait l'autre partie [...] ou bien, celle-ci était-elle cassée? [...]" The object is illustrated in Tozzini's article [www.ville-chooz.fr/memoire/patrimoine/images/]: it appears to be a wall-mounted polygonal holy-water stoup decorated with two human heads protruding in the style of the Mosan fonts. Although the article uses the term "cuve baptismale", and refers to several Mosan fonts in the area (Les Ayvelles, Braux, Perthes, etc.), this object was probably always a stoup rather than a font. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08000152]: "Cuve octogonale en pierre de givet, cantonnée de têtes d'angle individualisées, différentes les unes des autres [...] 16e siècle". The illustration in Palissy is captioned: "fonts baptismaux cantonnés de têtes d'angle, pierre de Givet", referring to the dark limestone of Givet, similar to the one at Tournai.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 629274 5551777

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pierre de Meuse/Givet)
Font Shape: polygonal (wall-mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (with heads)

REFERENCES

Pinard, Jean-François, abbé, "La cuve baptismale de Chooz", no. 24 (1986), Ardenne Wallonne, 1986, pp. 109 fn8; r["References"]