Grandes-Chapelles No. 2 / Les Grandes-Chapelles
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Scene Description: a re-cycled 14thC capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture, 2003; Conseil régional de Champagne-Ardenne, 2003; Conseil général de l'Aube, 2003
Image Source: photograph 2003 by Phot. D. Mercier ; Phot. E. Ernest in Mémoire [OA010031025843] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1503/oa010_031025843nuca_p.jpg] [accessed 26 March 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20466CHA
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint Pierre et Saint Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: 10170 Les Grandes-Chapelles, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aube, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D31 [aka rue de Rilly-rue d'Arcis], NNW of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: 12th, 16thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078118]
Font Notes:
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Composite holy-water stoup re-cycled from a former 14th-century capital. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10000875]: "Bénitier [calcaire], creusé dans un chapiteau déposé, pierre, 14e siècle [...] mauvaises conditions de conservation ; altération biologique de la matière".
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.4646, 4.01763
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 27′ 52.56″ N, 4° 1′ 3.47″ E
UTM: 31U 575168 5368729
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square