Saint-Clement nr. Aubenton / Saint-Clément

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animal - mammal - dog

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

design element - motifs - vine - acanthus

Scene Description: on at least two of the sides

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human figure - head - 4

Scene Description: two (?) of them appear to be bearded

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view of basin - detail

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1998 by Laurent Jumel, in Mémoire [NUMI 98020994X] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0746/ivr22_98020994x_p.jpg] [accessed 1 June 2016]

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18960CLE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Clément de Saint-Clément
Church Patron Saints: St. Clement
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 02360 Saint-Clément , France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located 4 km from Coingt, 7 km from Iviers, 13 km from Aubenton
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: La Thiérache, Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Limestone baptismal font consisting of a round basin raised on a pedestal base and lower base, also round; the basin has four human heads protruding at 90-degree angles; two (?) of the heads appear to be bearded; the sides are decorated with acanthus vines, and Palissy [cf. infra] reports a dog on one side; tha stone of the basin has the characteristic dark shine that Tournai limestone acquires , whereas the pedestal base and lower base do not. The font cover, round, flat and plain is modern. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02001026]: "Cuve circulaire portée par un fût monocylindrique [...] 11e siècle". A later Palissy entry [ref.: IM02001465] notes: " fonts baptismaux [calcaire] [...] représentation humaine (tête, de face, barbe : symbole) ; ornement à forme animale (chien : symbole) ; ornement à forme végétale (feuillage, palmette, rinceau) [...] limite 12e siècle 13e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.77682, 4.071025
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 46′ 36.55″ N, 4° 4′ 15.69″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain; modern