Polisot / Polisotum / Polisotus
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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 Raphaële Caumont de Mesquita, in Mémoire [NUMI 031014709NUCA] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1880/oa010_031014709nuca_p.jpg] [accessed 19 June 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - south view
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Image Source: digital image of a ca. 1920 postcard in Delcampe.com [www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,358712546,var,POLISOT---AUBE--L-eglise-cote-sud,language,F.html] [accessed 19 June 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 20624POL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Denis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]
Church Notes: Charles François Roussel's La diocèse de Langres: histoire et statistique (vol. 3, 1878: 260) informs the church here was consecrated in 903; otherwise documented since 1169 -- present 16thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078184]
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 10110 Polisot, France
Site Location: Aube, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D67, between Merrey-sur-Arce (N) and Polisy (S), SE of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes [formerly in the Diocèse de Langres]
Historical Region: Le Barséquanais
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 10thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Stone baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with plain vertical sides on a plain octagonal pedestal base of tapering sides, and a plain octagonal lower base with slightly splaying sides; upper rim retains two old metal staples but there is no cover present. The font has a metal insert that appears modern. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: IM10007458] with date in the 12th century.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.072, 4.37576
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 4′ 19.2″ N, 4° 22′ 32.74″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: modern metal insert
Diameter (includes rim): 102 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 95 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * "h = 95 ; la = 102" Palissy [ref.: IM10007458]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- 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.