Ecuires / Écuires
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Saint-Vaast d'Ecuires, de style gothique flamboyant, est classée aux Monuments Historiques."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 13 April 2022 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ecuires_-_Église-4.jpg] [accessed 14 August 2022]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Piton, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2012 by Daniel Piton [https://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/index.php?title=Fichier:Ecuires_fonts_baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 14 August 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24213ECU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vaast d'Ecuires
Church Patron Saints: St. Vedast [aka Foster, Vaast, Vedastus]
Church Location: 22 Pl. de l'Église, 62170 Écuires, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off local road D139 [rue Francois Sailly], 2 km S of Montreuil, about 12 km SE of Le Touquet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Arras
Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 19th century
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [PA00108266]: "16e siècle"
Font Notes:
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The present font in this church consists of a hemispherical basin with a large torus-scotia decoration below the upper rim, raised on a baluster-type pedestal base on a tiny square lower base; all of it in a drak reddish-brown colour marble. Polygonal dome cover; no finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.444862, 1.764623
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 26′ 41.5″ N, 1° 45′ 52.64″ E
UTM: 31U 412285 5588824
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]