Gauchy
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the re-built church
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 May 2009 by Markus3 (Marc Roussel) [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Gauchy_église_1.jpg] [accessed 26 January 2014]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19038GAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Brice
Church Patron Saints: St. Brictius [aka Brice of Tours]
Church Location: 02430 Gauchy, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D671, now in the S suburbs of Saint-Quentin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: Le Vermandois
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque / Early Gothic?
Font Notes:
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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 519463 5519209
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