Jandun

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animal - mammal - lion - head - vegetation stemming from its mouth - palmette - 4?

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human figure - head - 4

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Scene Description: cleaned up; the base is a later replacement

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Scene Description: the base is a later replacement

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2012

Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph in Palissy [ref.: PM08000279] [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 15 January 2012]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 17853JAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 08430 Jandun, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D3, 20 km SW of Charleville-Mézières, 65 km NE of Reims
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims
Historical Region: Crêtes Préardennaises
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Ardennes group of Mosan fonts [Collin]
Cognate Fonts: other such in the area
Church Notes: original church 12th-13thC
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM08000279] [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 15 January 2012] with date in the 12th century; three of the human heads that decorate the basin at 90-degree angles are damaged, only one remaing whole; on the sides, between the heads, typical lion heads with palm leaf vegetation issuing from their mouths; on a modern broad octagonal pedestal base. The wooden cover is round and plain, with a cross finial; rudimentary and probably modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.663094, 4.559439
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 39′ 47.14″ N, 4° 33′ 33.98″ E
UTM: 31U 612537 5502341

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 86 cm*
Height of Basin Side: 30 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM08000279] [www.culture.gouv.fr/public/mistral/palissy_fr] [accessed 15 January 2012]]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain, with cross finial