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view of basin and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "fonts baptismaux dans la commune d'Herbelles "
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 31 December 2011 by André Lemoine [https://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/index.php?title=Fichier:Herbelles_fonts_baptismaux_.JPG] [accessed 15 August 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Herbelles (Pas-de-Calais, Fr) église Saint-Léger et mon aux morts"
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Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 19 August 2013 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Herbelles_(Pas-de-Calais,_Fr)_église_Saint-Léger_et_mon_aux_morts.JPG] [accessed 15 August 2022]
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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "fonts baptismaux dans la commune d'Herbelles "
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © André Lemoine, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 31 December 2011 by André Lemoine [https://www.wikipasdecalais.fr/index.php?title=Fichier:Herbelles_fonts_baptismaux_.JPG] [accessed 15 August 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 24218HER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Léger d'Herbelles
Church Patron Saints: St. Leger [aka Ledger, Léger, Leodegar, Leodegarius]
Church Location: rue de l'Église, Herbelles, 62129 Bellinghem, France
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off local road D192, just outside Bellinghem, W of the E15 [Av. des Anglais, 15-17 NW of Lillers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Nord-Pas-de-Calais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in an alcove off the nave
Century and Period: [composite]
Church Notes: 11thC church cocumented 1096; replaced 1597; tower re-builr 1683; modified 1855;
Font Notes:
The present font appears to be a composite object; the roughly hemisherical basin has two ear-shaped handles often found in early stone measures; raised on a round pedestal base with a moulding atop. The wooden cover has an octahonal platform with eight curved ribs and a cross finial.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.655254, 2.223438
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 39′ 18.91″ N, 2° 13′ 24.38″ E
UTM: 31U 445106 5611777

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]