Connigis
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view of church exterior - southeast view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19028CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: 02330 Connigis, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century
Church Notes: 12th and 13thC church. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115614]
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.031953, 3.531166
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 1′ 55.03″ N, 3° 31′ 52.2″ E
UTM: 31U 538826 5431144
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]