Estrebay

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 May 2012 by Havang(nl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estrebay_(Ardennes)_Église,_fonts_baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2013]

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human figure - head - 4

Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 29 May 2012 by Havang(nl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estrebay_(Ardennes)_Église,_fonts_baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2013]

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view of basin

Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00298, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00298]

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view of basin

Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00300, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00300]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2012 by Havang(nl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Estrebay_(Ardennes)_Église,_chevet.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2013]

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover

Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00299, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00299]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: Tirage photographique no. 08W00301, Claude Plat-Tainturier -- Mémoire [ref.: AP08W00301]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18902EST

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: Click to view font notes

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