Montigny-Lengrain

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on the capitals of the outer colonnettes

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the bases of the outer colonnettes

view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior - west portal

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20587MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: rue du Lieutenant de Kérillis, 02290 Montigny-Lengrain, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located near Vic-sur-Aisne, 20 km from Soissons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: Pays de la Vallée de l'Aisne, Picardie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church, modified 13th, 15thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115829]
Limestone baptismal font consisting of a basin raised on a broad central shaft and four angle colonnettes decorated with foliated capitals and moulded bases. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM02002638]: "Fonts baptismaux reposant sur quatre colonnettes d'angle à bases moulurées et chapiteaux à larges feuilles recourbées. La cuve est prolongée par un fût cylindrique central. [...] 2e moitié 12e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.371962, 3.09907
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 22′ 19.06″ N, 3° 5′ 56.65″ E
UTM: 31U 507192 5468811

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Notes on Measurements: " l = 91 ; la = 85", in Palissy [ref.: PM02002638]