Villers-Vermont

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view of church exterior - southeast view - detail

Scene Description: south transept, apse and tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Dominique Vermand, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken [ca.2005?] by Domique Vermand, in Eglises de l'Oise [www.eglisesdeloise.com/monument/villers-vermont-eglise-saint-martin/] [accessed 2 July 2017]
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view of font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Inventaire général, ADAGP, 2005
Image Source: digital image of an edited detail of a photograph [NUMI 93600121ZA] taken in 1993 by C. David, in Mémoire [ref.: IVR22_93600121ZA] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/0901/ivr22_93600121za_p.jpg] [accessed 2 July 2017]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 21312VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 60380 Villers-Vermont, France
Site Location: Oise, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D919, between Saint-Samson-la-Poterie (N) and Bazancourt (S), WNW of Beauvais, SW of Amiens, near the departmental border with Seine-Maritime
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Beauvais-Noyon-Senlis
Historical Region: Grand Beauvaisis, La Picardie verte
Font Notes:
Baptismal font of the 12th century listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM60001728]: "Fonts baptismaux [calcaire] composés d'un haut socle de plan carré et d'une cuve tronconique encadrée de quatre supports octogonaux couronnés de chapiteaux [...] Les chapiteaux sont sculptés de feuilles d'eau. Une rouelle décore le rebord supérieur de la cuve sur chacune des faces [...] mauvais état [...] Salpêtre sans doute du à la reprise en ciment de la base des fonts baptismaux ...] 12e siècle". The entry for this church in Eglises de l'Oise [www.eglisesdeloise.com/monument/villers-vermont-eglise-saint-martin/] [accessed 2 July 2017] notes a "cuve baptismale en pierre, très simple, du 12ème siècle". The medieval font is of a common design in this area, a round bain 'suspended' in a square frame, much like the fonts in the Bodmin group and others in Cornwall, for instance; the upper rim has a lower crenellated edge, and a single rosette on each side; water-leaf decoration on the capitals, as indicated in the Palissy entry above; the four outer colonnettes have roll mouldings at both ends; the bases appear to be plain; the large square plinth may be modern. There is a font cover, wooden, flat and plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

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.