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view of church exterior in context - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Esquelbecq (departement Nord, Frankrijk): de Sint-Folquinuskerk / Esquelbecq (département du Nord, France) : l'église Saint-Folquin"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Ryckaert, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 13 October 2016 by Marc Ryckaert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquelbecq_Eglise_R06.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "La nef de l'église Saint-Folquin d'Esquelbecq"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Velvet, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph 13 June 2020 by Velvet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquelbecq_eglise_nef.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
![Source caption: "Esquelbecq (département du Nord, Frankrijk): Sint-Folquinuskerk - binnenzijde / Esquelbecq (département du Nord, France) : église Saint-Folquin - intérieur]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1221213011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Esquelbecq (département du Nord, Frankrijk): Sint-Folquinuskerk - binnenzijde / Esquelbecq (département du Nord, France) : église Saint-Folquin - intérieur]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Marc Ryckaert (MJJR), 2013
Image Source: digital photograph 21 May 2013 by Marc Ryckaert (MJJR) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquelbecq_Eglise_R04.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2022]
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view of font
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux en marbre noir avec couvercle en laiton de l' Église Saint-Folquin d'Esquelbecq du (Xe-XVIIe) Nord.- France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre André Leclercq, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2018 by Pierre André Leclercq [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquelbecq.-_Fonts_baptismaux_de_l'église_Saint_Folquin.jpg] [accessed 13 December 2022]
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view of font in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l' Église Saint-Folquin d'Esquelbecq du (Xe-XVIIe) Nord.- France."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre André Leclercq, 2018
Image Source: digital photograph 16 June 2018 by Pierre André Leclercq [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Esquelbecq.-_Fonts_baptismaux_de_l'église_Saint_Folquin_(intérieur)_(16).jpg] [accessed 13 December 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24506ESQ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Eglise Saint-Folquin
Church Patron Saints: St. Folquin de Thérouanne [aka Folcuin]
Church Location: place Alphonse Bergerot, 59470 Esquelbecq, France
Country Name: France
Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D17 [aka Rue de Bergues], 25 km SSE of Dunkirk
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: 10thC church; re-built 17thC; damaged by fire 1976; restored 1978 -- listed church in Mérimée [ref.: PA00107518]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM59007997]: "Fonts baptismaux en marbre noir avec couvercle en laiton [...] 17e siècle". The font consists of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl raised on a cylindrical pedestal base, a lower base of four very short constructional shafts, and a quadrangular plinth; the whole, except the plinth, is made of a grey-black shiny stone, perhaps marble (or a highly polished limestone).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.887708, 2.42972
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 53′ 15.75″ N, 2° 25′ 46.99″ E
UTM: 31U 459887 5637493
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (grey-black)?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]