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view of church exterior - northwest end

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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INFORMATION

FontID: 19031CHI
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Quentin de Chigny
Church Patron Saints: St. Quentin [aka Quentin of Amiens, Quintin, Quintinus]
Church Location: 02120 Chigny, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Nord-Pas-de-Calais-Picardie
Directions to Site: Located on the D26, in the canton of La Capelle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin [formerly in the Diocèse de Laon]
Historical Region: Région de Guise -- La Thiérache -- Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: the font belonged to the original church here, the remains of which church serve now as the gate to the cemetery -- the font was moved to the new church that was built on the ruins of the old castle [source: Nobert Quint, L'Aisne Nouvelle [www.aisnenouvelle.fr/article/autre-actu/pleins-feux-sur-leglise-saint-quentin] [accessed 26 January 2014]]
Noted in 'Cuves baptismales et fonts baptismaux : évolution formelle avant le XVIe siècle' [www.culture.gouv.fr/documentation/memoire/CATALOGUES/fontsbapt/fontsbapt_histav16e/html/fontsbapt_histav16e.html] [accessed 8 April 2016]. Stone baptismal font consisting of a square basin raised on aa broad central shaft and four angle colonnettes. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02000272]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve carrée et fût monocylindrique cantonné de quatre colonnettes [...] 12e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.917454, 3.770628
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 55′ 2.83″ N, 3° 46′ 14.26″ E
UTM: 31U 555303 5529703

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 91 x 91 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM02000272]