Bossus-les-Rumigny / Bossus-lès-Rumigny

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coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: seen here on the left

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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information

Scene Description: local plaque shows the font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Qwertzu111111 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Martin_de_Bossus-lès-Rumigny_09.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2022]

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inscription

Scene Description: the date 1601 and five diamond/lozenge shaped motifs forming a sort of cross -- seen here in the centre

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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inscription

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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symbol - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: a single large one occupying the whole side

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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symbol - heart

Scene Description: a single heart occupies the whole side

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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symbol - shield - emblem - Greek cross

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Martin de Bossus-lès-Rumigny"

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Qwertzu111111 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Martin_de_Bossus-lès-Rumigny_07.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2020 by Qwertzu111111 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Martin_de_Bossus-lès-Rumigny_08.jpg] [accessed 13 August 2022]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph 2012 by Julien Marasi, in the the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24204BOS

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Bossus-lès-Rumigny

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 08290 Bossus-lès-Rumigny, France

Country Name: France

Location: Ardennes, Grand Est

Directions to Site: Located off the D10-D31 crossroads, S of the D1043, just E of the Aisne-Ardennes departmental border, about 30 km WNE of Charleville-Mézières and the Meuse river

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Arras

Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne

Font Location in Church: Insidee the church, at the NW end of the nave

Date: 1601

Century and Period: 17th century(early),

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

Church Notes: 16thC church; much modified since

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Listed in the Portail du patrimoine culturel Site de Champagne-Ardenne [Numéro de dossier : IM08004444]: "fonts baptismaux [...] cuve baptismale à infusion [...] 1601 [...] Fonts composés d'un pied et d'une cuve octogonale en calcaire couvert de badigeon. Le couvercle est en bois. Les faces de la cuve sont ornées de décors sculptés. Décor de la cuve : une fleur de lys seul, un coeur, une rosette [...] inscription, date [...] h = 86 ; d = 65." Baptismal font consisting of an octagonal basin with a chamfered undernowl, raised on an octagonal-to-square pedestal base; the sides of the basin are decorated with: 1)shield with coat of armas incorporating 3 fleurs-de-lis; 2)date 1601 and geometric motifs forming a cross; 3)large fleur-de-lis; 4)large heart; 5)shield charged with a large cross; 6)inscription; 7[?]; 8)[?]. There are some damaged spots to the upper rim of the basin, at least one of which appears to be the kind caused by former cover anchorings. The wooden cover is octagonal, flat and almost totally plain; appears modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.8385, 4.2569

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 50′ 18.6″ N, 4° 15′ 24.84″ E

UTM: 31U 590379 5521432

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: 2

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Font Height (less Plinth): 86 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin and numbers

Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin

Inscription Text: 1) "D / 1601 / L" 2) "[?] / SANCTI / SPIRITVS / AD[?] / B[?]"

Inscription Source: [cf. ImagesArea]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; appears modern