Montaigu nr. Sissonnne

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - 24

seven arches per side on the square basin
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montaigu_(Aisne)_Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(11).JPG] [accessed 30 July 2023]
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view of church exterior - north view

Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"]
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view of church exterior - south view

Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"]
Scene Description: Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"]
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Image Source: digital photograph 28 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montaigu_(Aisne)_Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(04).JPG] [accessed 30 July 2023]
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view of church interior - looking south

Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"] --- showing the baptismal font in the south aisle
Scene Description: Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"] --- showing the baptismal font in the south aisle
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Image Source: digital photograph 28 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montaigu_(Aisne)_Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(07).JPG] [accessed 30 July 2023]
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view of font in context

Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste deux statues" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"] --- showing the baptismal font in the south aisle, seen here between the two statues
Scene Description: Source caption: "Montaigu (Aisne) Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste deux statues" [NB: other sources identify the church as "Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul"] --- showing the baptismal font in the south aisle, seen here between the two statues
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Image Source: digital photograph 28 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montaigu_(Aisne)_Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(11).JPG] [accessed 30 July 2023]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 18986MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: rue de l'Église, 02820 Montaigu, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located on the D522 [aka rue de Mauregny / rue de Saint-Erme], in the canton of Sissonne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: La Champagne picarde / Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?
Church Notes: 12ht-13thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115820]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle"
Font Notes:
Stone baptismal font with a square basin made of Tournai (?) limestone. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000800] as a 12th-century font made of "Pierre bleue de Belgique." The square basin has a blind arcade of seven round arches on each side; the moulded underbowl has mouldings that serve as capitals for the broad central shaft and the four colonnettes of the base; the square lower base has corresponding mouldings as bases of the five columns. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.535243, 3.826498
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 32′ 6.88″ N, 3° 49′ 35.39″ E
UTM: 31U 560097 5487419

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble?)
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 81 x 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM02000800]