Comines No. 2
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Le baptistère de l'église Saint-Chrysole de Comines (France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Velvet, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 24 January 2022 by Velvet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comines_eglise_st_chrysole_baptistere.jpg] [accessed 30 April 2022]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 4 July 2021 [author not available] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - motifs - floral or foliage - 4
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n.], 2021
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 4 July 2021 [author not available] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 23901COM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église catholique Saint-Chrysole à Comines
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Chrysolius
Church Notes: an early church may have existed here as early as the 3rdC; medieval collegiate church of St Peter ca. 1146; later dedicated to St Chrysolius; destroyed and re-built many times since; totally destroyed in WWI; diggins for the 1920s reconstruction discovered fragments of a Tournai font in 1925; present church early-20thC (1925-1929) -- listed church Mérimée ref.: PA59000075]: "En 1922, date de la construction de l'église du Raincy par Perret, naît le projet de reconstruction de l'église de Comines détruite par faits de guerre."
Church Address: 11 Grand Place, 59560 Comines, France -- Tel.: +33 6 51 70 28 88
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off local road M2945 [aka rue de la République], S of the N58, about 25 km N of Lille [NB: half of Comines is on the French side; the othr half belongs in Belgium]
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lille
Additional Comments: moved font / re-cycled font (from the older destroyed church here
Font Notes:
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***NOT TO BE MISTAKEN WITH A CHURCH OF THE SAME NAME IN COMINES (BELGIUM)***
Bpatismal font of stone consisting of a moulded octagonal basin raised on a plain octagonal stema nd a moulded lower base, also octagonal; on four of the sides are floral motifs carved and gilded. The font cover is moulded and octagonal, with a cross finial; perhaps of the same period as the font itself.
Bpatismal font of stone consisting of a moulded octagonal basin raised on a plain octagonal stema nd a moulded lower base, also octagonal; on four of the sides are floral motifs carved and gilded. The font cover is moulded and octagonal, with a cross finial; perhaps of the same period as the font itself.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 500518 5623771
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.765705, 3.007349
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 45′ 56.54″ N, 3° 0′ 26.45″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]