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Scene Description: "1636"

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: " Brêmes (Pas-de-Calais) église" -- the new church of 1885 replaced an earlier one

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view of font or stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux à l'église de Brêmes-les-Ardres " -- [cf. FontNotes]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24200BRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martinde Brêmes-les-Ardres
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 143 rue de l'Église, 62610 Brêmes, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 00 90 16
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D231 [Rte de Guînes], about 15 km SW of Calais
Historical Region: Pays d'Opale / Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1636
Century and Period: 17th century(mid) [basin only] [composite font], Baroque [basin only]
Church Notes: a church here is documented in the late-11thC; church here reported in 1875 as a "église très vétuste, sans caractère architectural ni souvenir historique"; new church completed 1885
The present baptismal font consists of a very small octagonal basin with a torus-scotia combination below the upper rim, and the date '1636' carved on the rounded underbowl; raised on a modern prysmatic pedestal base. No cover present. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of the medieval church here].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.85549, 1.97011
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 51′ 19.76″ N, 1° 58′ 12.4″ E
UTM: 31U 427510 5634260

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "1636"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]