Estrebay
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
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human figure - head - 4
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view of basin
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Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00298, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00298]
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view of basin
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Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00300, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00300]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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view of font and cover
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00299, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00299]
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view of font and cover
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Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00301, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00301]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18902EST
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Note-Dame
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 08260 Estrebay, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D34, S of Auvillers-les-Forges, WNW of Charleville-Mezières, near the border with Belgium
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: Thiérache Ardennaise
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a circular basin with round heads at 90-degree angles on the upper sides, large floral or foliated motifs in low relief carved on the sides between; the basin is made of blue-ish limestone, probably from the quarries of Givet or Tournai [cf. infra]; some of the characters of the heads have been highlighted in balck paint; the basin is raised on a a plain cylindrical pedestal base with a circular lower base or plinth, the last two made of a different stone from the basin. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM08000184]: "Fonts baptismaux de style gothique avec cuve cantonnée de quatre têtes d'angles de type cylindrique, orné sur ses quatre faces de motifs d'inspiration végétale. [...] 14e siècle [...] Style gothique." The inidividual entries for the font identify the stone as "calcaire bleu de Givet ou de «Tournai»".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.828985, 4.355375
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 49′ 44.35″ N, 4° 21′ 19.35″ E
UTM: 31U 597478 5520498
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble?)
Font Shape: round (with heads) (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round (with heads)
Diameter (includes rim): 90-103 cm*
Basin Total Height: 35 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM08000184]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: frame around matching the contour of the upper rim; round lid opens for access to inner well