Viel-Arcy

Results: 4 records
human figure - standing - 4
view of church exterior - east view
view of church exterior - south view
INFORMATION
FontID: 20597VIE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 02160 Viel-Arcy, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
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
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 12thC listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115976]
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
49.3809,
3.62367
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
49° 22′ 51.24″ N,
3° 37′ 25.21″ E
UTM: 31U 545258 5469978
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]