Aire-sur-la-Lys No. 2 / Arien-aan-de-Leie / Ariën-aan-de-Leie / Blety / Saint-Quentin

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view of church exterior - west end

Scene Description: Source caption: " L'église Saint-Quentin, à Aire-sur-la-Lys, Pas-de-Calais, France."

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Image Source: digital photograph 11 November 2009 by Benjism89 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Aire-sur-la-Lys_-_Église_Saint-Quentin.JPG?uselang=fr] [accessed 8 May 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23920AIR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Quentin
Church Patron Saints: St. Quentin [aka Quentin of Amiens, Quintin, Quintinus]
Church Location: 1 Impasse de l'Église 62120 Aire-sur-la-Lys, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Saint-Quentin/Blety was a hamlet of Aire, located off the D189 [aka route de Blessy], itself located about 20 km NW of Béthune, about 50 km W of Lille
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais / Comté de Flandre / Comté d'Artois / Duché de Bourgogne / Pays-Bas
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Church Notes: early-9thC church in Blety dedicated to St Quentin; destroyed by fire; re-built 1023; documented 1075 as chapel-of-ease to Saint-Pierre; became parochial; present church 16thC [Mérimée ref.: PA00107938]; received the right to have a font in 1577; parochial tights suppressed and became chapel-of-ease to Saimte-Pierre; became parochial again ca. 1820
Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62003112]: "Fonts baptismaux de forme octogonale [...] Taille de pierre [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 104 ; la = 75" [NB: unfortunately there is no cross reference to a corresponding image on record in Mémoire]. The present church is a 16th-century re-building. The entry for this church in the municipality site [https://www.ville-airesurlalys.fr/tourisme/leglise-de-saint-quentin/] [accessed 8 May 2022] gives a description of a baptismal font in it: "Le hameau de Saint-Quentin, qui portait autrefois le nom de Blety, possède une remarquable petite église qui mérite d’être connue. Dès le début du IXe siècle, existait à Blety une église dédiée à Saint-Quentin. Détruite par un incendie, elle fut reconstruite et consacrée par l’évêque de Thérouanne en 1023 [...] Dans le chœur, des fonts baptismaux sont constitués de 3 éléments différents : une base à griffes du XIIIe siècle, le support de la cuve conserve un décor tressé sculpté, et la cuve porte en relief des personnages à mi-corps, les bras croisés, et semble d’être d’époque romane." [NB: problem: the description of the font between the two sources looks very different -- we are using the one from Palissy until futher evidence becomes accessible]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.63211, 2.371059
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 37′ 55.6″ N, 2° 22′ 15.81″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 104 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 75 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM62003112]