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INFORMATION

FontID: 19037FON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglis paroissiale Saint-Pierre

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: 02110 Fonsomme, France

Country Name: France

Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off the D67, 12 km NE of Saint-Quentin, 50 km NW of Laon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin [formerly in the Diocèse de Noyon]

Historical Region: Pays du Vermandois

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?

Font Notes: Click to view

Malézieux (1873), in an article about the fonts at Berthenicourt and Saint-Germain (nr. Guise) in Aisne, includes a number of fonts of similar date and design at "Vermand, La-Neuvelle-la-Corbie, Vendeuil, Saint-Simon, Marle, Montdidier, Ver", and fragments in the churches of "Etreillers, Ribemont, Fonsomme, Gauchy, Marteville".

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 528746 5527934

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

Malézieux, J., "Cuves baptismales de Berthenicourt et de St-Germain", 1er année (1873), Le Vermandois: revue d'histoire locale, beaux-arts et littérature, pp. 81-83; p. 81-83