Chapelle-Vallon
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la culture, Conseil régional de Champagne-Ardenne, Conseil général de l'Aube, 2003
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 2003 by Bruno Decrock, in Mémoire [NUMI 031025994NUCA] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1888/oa010_031025994nuca_p.jpg] [accessed 14 June 2016]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20613CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter ad vincula
Church Location: 10700 Chapelle-Vallon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Aube, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D165, N of Troyes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church here late-11th, 12th, 16th and 19thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078074]
Font Notes:
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Limestone baptismal font consisting of a plain octagonal basin with a slightly wider lower base, much nattered, but probably originally octagonal as well; it appears to be all one block; the inner well is round. There is a wooden cover with its metal hardware, but the wood is reported [cf. infra] as being worm-eaten. Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM10011984] and illustrated in Mémoire [NUMI 031025994NUCA]: "fonts baptismaux [calcaire] [...] Socle en petit appareil, cuve octogonale en calcaire grossier, couvercle en bois et fermetures en fer [...] 12e siècle (?) [...] Couvercle en bois complètement vermoulu."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.4354, 4.0399
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 26′ 7.44″ N, 4° 2′ 23.64″ E
UTM: 31U 576916 5365221
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Total Height: 70 cm*
Height of Base: 20 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm [calculated]
Trapezoidal Basin: 73 x 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM10011984]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]