Duisans No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 21326DUI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century [composite stoup], Medieval / Late Medieval[composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Léger
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Address: 62161 Duisans, France
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D55, just S of Etrun, 9 km WNW of Arras
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: L'Artois
Additional Comments: composite stoup (13thC re-cycled capital on a base inscribed 1573)
Font Notes:
Palissy [ref.: PM62000587] lists a composite holy-water stoup here made of sandstone, with a hollowed-out capital of the 13th century as basin and a pedestal base bearing the inscription "1573". The Commune de Duisans site [www.duisans.fr/eglise-saint-leger/] [accessed 15 July 2017] notes that the font was damaged in 1554 during the wars between Louis XI and the Dukes of Burgundy; the font [cf. Index entry for Duisans No. 1] and this stoup were restored in 1900.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 477481 5572964
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.2077, 3.1242
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 18′ 30″ N, 2° 41′ 7″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: capital, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the pedestal base
Inscription Text: "1573"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [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.