Merval

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design element - motifs - leaf - water leaf

design element - motifs - leaf - water leaf

Scene Description: forming the capitals on the underbowl?

view of church exterior - northeast view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merval_(Aisne)_église_(03).JPG] [accessed 30 May 2016]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Façade sud avec clocher-mur"

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view of church exterior - west view

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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Merval_(Aisne)_église_(01).JPG] [accessed 30 May 2016]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20585MER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: route de Fismes, 02160 Merval, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, 5 km N of Fismes (Marne), in the "commune déléguée" of Les Septvallons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century (early?), Transitional? / Early Gothic?
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115811]
Limestone baptismal font of the early-13th century consisting of a square basin raised on a central shaft and four angle colonnettes, all five columns part of the resoration. The old cover is reported missing. Listed Palissy [ref.: IM02004228]: "La cuve en calcaire de section carrée repose sur un fût cylindrique flanqué de quatre colonnes dont les chapiteaux cantonnent la cuve. La base est très développée. [...] Trois feuilles d'eau en demi-relief ornent chaque chapiteau. Quatre feuilles d'eau plus larges se déploient sur les côtés de la cuve. [...] Les fonts baptismaux adoptent la forme d'un pilier cantonné de colonnettes. Cette forme architecturale ainsi que le décor de feuilles d'eau invitent à les dater du début du 13e siècle. Au début du 20e siècle, la cuve ne reposait déjà plus que sur un fût cylindrique simple qui témoignait d'un remaniement. Le fût actuel a probablement été réalisé après la Première Guerre mondiale."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.3536, 3.69661
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 21′ 12.96″ N, 3° 41′ 47.8″ E
UTM: 31U 550556 5467002

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 91 x 91 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM02004228] [measurements of the restored font]

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]