Charly-sur-Marne / Charly
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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of basin
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angel
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design element - motifs - floral and foliage
Scene Description: around the basin sides
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18976CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (late?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: 02310 Charly-sur-Marne, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: known as 'Charly' until 2006, when the name was changed to 'Charly-sur-Marne'
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
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, p. 733