Conde-les-Herpy / Condé-lès-Herpy / Nandin-sur-Aisne

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Havang(nl), 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 May 2012 by Havang(nl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Condé-lès-Herpy_(Ardennes)_Église.JPG] [accessed 24 December 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero

INFORMATION

Font ID: 18903HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Condé-lès-Herpy
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Address: 2 Rue des Courtils Bas, 08360 Condé-lès-Herpy, France
Site Location: Ardennes, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D926, 8-9 km WNW of Rethel, about 50 km NNE of Reims
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: Plaines du Porcien -- Chamgane-Ardenne
Font Notes:
Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08000158]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 11e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA008_20240800005]. The font appears monolithic, of the square table-top design but has the upper corners of the basin chamfered diagonally; the bsin sides are plain but the underbowl, which includes the capitals of the four outer colonnettes, is decorated with varied scrolls; the four oter colonnettes have roll mouldings at top and bottom. No cover present but the upper basin rim retains two metal staples at opposite ends.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 588494 5486805
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.527392, 4.222862
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 31′ 38.61″ N, 4° 13′ 22.3″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.