Chateau-Porcien / Château-Porcien / Marat-Fruvaine / Marat-sur-Aisne
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human figure - head - 4
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Havang(nl), 2012]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 25 August 2012 by Havang(nl) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Château-Porcien_(Ardennes)_église_Saint-Thibault,_vue_latérale.JPG] [accessed 25 December 2013]
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view of church exterior - west portal
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henri Docquin, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 September 2012 by Henri Docquin [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau-Porcien_Ardennes_France_Eglise_2.JPG] [accessed 25 December 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henri Docquin, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 September 2012 by Henri Docquin [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chateau-Porcien_Ardennes_France_02.JPG] [accessed 25 December 2013]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 18906CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Thibault
Church Patron Saints: St. Theobald [aka Thibault, Thiébaut]
Church Location: 08360 Château-Porcien, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located on the D926, W of Rethel, 55 km from Charleville-Mézières
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: Plaines du Porcien
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: said to have been originally the church of a mid-12thC priory here -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078420]: "Eglise : 15e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle ; Clocher-Porche : 2e moitié 15e siècle"
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with four human heads on alternate sides; raised on a round moulded pdestal base; the lower base is damaged. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08000124]: "Cuve de plan octogonal qui repose sur un socle mouluré dont la base est cassée. Elle est ornée à sa partie supérieure de quatre têtes formant culs de lampe [...] 15e siècle".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.5276, 4.2451
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 31′ 39.36″ N, 4° 14′ 42.36″ E
UTM: 31U 590103 5486854
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 80 cm* [diameter of the octagon]
Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM08000124]]