Connigis
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 19028CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: 12th and 13thC church. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115614]
Church Address: 02330 Connigis, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D85, in the canton of Condé-en-Brie, E of Château-Thierry
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font consisting of a square basin with widely chamfered angles that make it practically octagonal, with a round underbowl; the sides of the basin have two rows of decoration: foliage above, fret below; raised on an irregular polygonal stump that may or not be the original base. The wooden cover is fitted to the upper rim, octagonal and flat, with a carved top. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000321] with date in the 16th century. There is also a stone holy-water stoup by the altar, consisting of a hemispheric basin raised on a slender pedestal base; date unknown.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 538826 5431144
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.031953, 3.531166
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 1′ 55.03″ N, 3° 31′ 52.2″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]