Liercourt

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Scene Description: listed in Richesses en Somme as a baptismal font in the church at Liercourt
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richesse en Somme, 2021
Image Source: digital image in Richesses en Somme [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-moulurés] [accessed 3 January 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18149LIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Riquier de Liercourt
Church Location: 151 rue Pré le Comté, 80580 Liercourt, France
Country Name: France
Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located at the D3-D901 crossroads, 1 km S of Pont-Remy, 11 km ESE of Abbeville, arrondissement d'Abbeville, canton d'Hallencourt
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: 15thC church -- Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00116187]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Roger et al. (1844) as a very elegant baptismal font; no date given. An illustration in Richesses en Somme [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-moulurés] [accessed 3 January 2022] shows an octagonal apparently monolithic object decorated with tracery and mouldings all down the sides; the basin looks suspiciously small, as if broken or partly cut off. A 17th-century holy-water of grey marble is also mentioned for this church in the Mérimée [ref.: PA00116187] listing.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
50.034389,
1.9008848
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
50° 2′ 3.8″ N,
1° 54′ 31.658″ E
UTM: 31U 421857 5543025
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Number of Pieces: 1?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Joanne, Adolphe Laurent, Itinéraire général de la France: La Normandie, Paris: Libraririe L. Hachette et Cie., 1867