Villiers-Saint-Denis / Champ du Motier

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18946VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Denis de Villiers-Saint-Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the SW area of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115990]: "église [...] 12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 18e siècle".
Church Address: Grande Rue, 02310 Villiers-Saint-Denis, France -- Tel.: +33 3 23 82 16 48
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D11, in the canton of and 2 km NNW of Charly-sur-Marne, about halfway between Paris (SW) and Reims (NE)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Notes:
Stone font of the 13th century listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02001398]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Pierre [...] 13e siècle [...] Bas-côté sud, à l'ouest". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP02W07303]. The design is of the type that has an octagonal basin decorated with small demi-figures and "suspended" on four outer colonnettes, and supported on a broad central shaft onto a moulded square lower base; the broad shaft is plain but the outer colonnettes have foliated capitals and moulded bases.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.992364, 3.267781
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 59′ 32.51″ N, 3° 16′ 4.01″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

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.