Charly-sur-Marne / Charly
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angel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Seron, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Phil Seron [http://www.sudaisne.com/Departement/cantons/charly sur marne/charly sur marne/images/eglise5.jpg] [accessed 7 January 2014]
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: around the basin sides
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Seron, 2014
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view of basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Phil Seron, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Phil Seron [http://www.sudaisne.com/Departement/cantons/charly sur marne/charly sur marne/images/eglise5.jpg] [accessed 7 January 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thor19, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2012 by Thor19 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Charly_église_St-Martin_1280.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 18976CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 02310 Charly-sur-Marne, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located NW of Nogent-l'Artaud, 16 km SW of Château-Thierry, 75 km SW of Reims, 90 E of Paris
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: La Thiérache
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century (late?), Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church
Font Notes:
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Richard's guide of 1866 reports an interesting baptismal font in this church. Stone font consisting of an octagonal basin decorated with angels, floral and foliage motifs on the sides and rounded underbowl, four octagonal mini-basin like motifs protruding on alternate sides; raised on a plain circular pedestal base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000212]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 2e moitié 14e siècle [...] Cuve hémisphérique en pierre calcaire blanche soutenue par quatre colonnes à chapiteaux feuillus."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 58' 34.56" N, 3° 17' 4.64" E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Richard [aka Audin, Jean-Marie Vincent], [pseud. de Jean-Marie Vincent Audin], Guide du voyageur en France, Paris: L. Hachette, 1866