Viel-Arcy
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view of church exterior - east view
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view of church exterior - south view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viel-Arcy_(Aisne)_église_(02).JPG] [accessed 3 June 2016]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 June 2015 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Viel-Arcy_(Aisne)_église_(01).JPG] [accessed 3 June 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20597VIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: original church 12thC listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115976]
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 02160 Viel-Arcy, France
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (W) the D22, E of Soissons
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint-Quentin
Historical Region: Val de l'Aisne, Picardie
Additional Comments: altered font? (was the stem shortened after WWI?)
Font Notes:
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Limestone baptismal font consisting of a round basin raised on a circular pedestal base and a square lower base; the basin has a human figure with a large head on a small body set at 90-degree angles; Palissy [cf. infra] suggests they may represent the four Evangelists; foliage on the side of the lower base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM02004244]: "La forme très simple de la cuve, le caractère réduit et le traitement assez fruste des éléments sculptés (figures sur la cuve, griffes de la base) plaident pour une datation au 12e siècle, c'est-à-dire contemporaine des parties les plus anciennes de l'édifice, notamment du choeur où l'on retrouve des griffes semblables sur les bases des colonnes. Le couvercle en bois est moderne, et la hauteur du fût semble avoir été diminuée après la Première Guerre mondiale."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 545258 5469978
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.3809, 3.62367
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 22′ 51.24″ N, 3° 37′ 25.21″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM02004244]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.