Curlu / Cuerlu
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Scene Description: the medieval font amid the ruins of the church
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [source not available] provided by Pol Herman
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design element - motifs - scotia
Scene Description: a very broad square scotia all around
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design element - architectural - capital - 4
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: on the four sides of the underbowl
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view of church exterior in context - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Nicolas de Curlu (Somme, France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © APictche, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 29 July 2014 by APictche [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Curlu_(3).JPG] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: the medieval font amid the ruins of the church
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [source not available] provided by Pol Herman
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view of church exterior - ruins
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Image Source: digital image of a 1917 ND postcard in the collection Campagne 1914-1917 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ND_-_CAMPAGNE_1914-1917_-_CURLU_-_L'église_en_ruines.JPG] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Carte postale ancienne éditée par ND, collection Campagne 1914-1917: CURLU - L'église en ruines"
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Image Source: digital image [Scanné par Claude_villetaneuse] of a 1917 ND postcard in the collection Campagne 1914-1917 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ND_-_CAMPAGNE_1914-1917_-_CURLU_-_L'église_en_ruines.JPG] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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design element - architectural - column - with capitals and bases - 4
Scene Description: The columns are detached.
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richesses en Somme, 2022
Image Source: digital image in Richesses en Somme [www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 2022] [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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Scene Description: the medieval font inside the modern church
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design element - motifs - floral or foliage
Scene Description: on one of the sides of the underbowl
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richesses en Somme, 2022
Image Source: digital image in Richesses en Somme [www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 2022] [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: the medieval font and its modern cover and te lifting apparatus inside the modern church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Richesses en Somme, 2022
Image Source: digital image in Richesses en Somme [www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 2022] [https://www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 23912CUR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Nicolas de Curlu
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas of Myra
Church Notes: church dedicated to St Nicholas documented late 12thC; church and village destroyed in WWI; re-built thereafter
Church Address: rue de l'Église / rue de Maurepas, 80360 Curlu, France
Site Location: Somme, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D938, W of highway A1, halfway between Albert (WNW) and Péronne (ESE), 35-40 km ENE of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Pays du Coquelicot / Picardie
Additional Comments: damaged font / re-cycled font (from the destroyed church to the re-built one)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font noted and illustrated in Richesses en Somme [www.richesses-en-somme.com/patrimoine-des-églises/fonts-baptismaux/fonts-baptismaux-avant-et-après-14-18/] [accessed 5 May 2022]: " CURLU - Eglise St Nicolas (moderne) - F.B.XIIIe s. Après la guerre 14/18, seule la belle cuve baptismale du XIIIe s. a résisté au bombardement. Cette cuve cylindrique en pierre jaunâtre, assez dure, creusée dans une table carrée, repose sur un fût central rond et trapu. Les quatre courtes colonnettes supportent des chapiteaux à crochets séparés par des feuillages. Le couvercle et son système de levage datent du 20e s. " The font appears in Les objets classés - Le département de la Somme [https://80.lavieduvillage.fr/ObjetsHisto.php] [accessed 5 May 2022] as classed [ref.: PM80000527.]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 486781 5534827
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.96564, 2.81568
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 57′ 56.3″ N, 2° 48′ 56.45″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Date: 20th century
Material: metal
Apparatus: yes; side crane
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]