Villemontry

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design element - motifs - groove or scotia

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Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] 7 August 2012 provided by Pol Herman

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human figure - head - 2

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Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] 7 August 2012 provided by Pol Herman

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Image Source: edited detail of a 13 July 2018 digital photograph in http://rpglaire.kazeo.com/villemontry-vendredi-13-juillet-2018-gallery214784 [accessed 5 August 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24173VIL

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent de Villemontry

Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]

Church Location: Villemontry, 08210 Mouzon, France

Country Name: France

Location: Ardennes, Grand Est

Directions to Site: Located off (E) local road D19E, on the W bank of the Meuse river, W of D964, 3 km S of Mouzon, 25-30 km SE of Charleville-Mézières

Historical Region: Ardennois / Champagne-Ardenne

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it.

Church Notes: 13thC(?) church; modified 16thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed in the Inventaire Général du Patrimoine Culturel [https://inventaire-chalons.grandest.fr ] [inaccesible accessed 5 August 2022]: "Les fonts baptismaux du 13e siècle (?) datent des débuts de l'édifice". Baptismal font of stone and monolithic design, although it may be made of two blocks; it is square at the top and bottom but the front angles have been chamfered, and the top corners of the chamfer are decorated with a very crudely rendered human head in each; a groove or thins scotia decorates the sides of the sides of the basin; there is large gap carved out of the front side of the basin; the shape of the gap may have been cut to install a cover lock or anchoring, but there is no cover present; the inner well is round.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.58197, 5.0774

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 34′ 55.09″ N, 5° 4′ 38.64″ E

UTM: 31U 650163 5494227

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

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