Fressin

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Results: 6 records

view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Style gothique flamboyant des XV et XVI° siècles de l'Artois"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin-5.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "La nef et le chœur de l'église Saint-Martin de Fressin en style gothique flamboyant des XV et XVI° siècles de l'Artois"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin-3.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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view of church interior - retable

Scene Description: "Le retable (XVe siècle). Autrefois polychrome, la pierre a été restaurée en2015. Au centre : le couronnement de la Vierge par le Père éternel, vêtu en empereur, et bénissant Marie. De chaque côté, six personnages assistent à la cérémonie : À droite de la Vierge : saints Jean-Baptiste, Jean l'évangéliste, Pierre, Jacques le Majeur, Nicolas et Adrien. À gauche de Dieu le Père : saintes Anne, Marie-Madeleine, Catherine, Marguerite d'Antioche, Agnès et Apolline. Chaque personnage est accompagné de son attribut, permettant ainsi de le reconnaître." [source: https://openchurches.eu/en/churches/saint-martin-fressin-ndf] [accessed 18 December 2022] -- listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62000708]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin_Intérieur-4.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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view of font

Scene Description: the mid-19thC font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin_Intérieur-1.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église Saint-Martin de Fressin [...] Fonts baptismaux où Georges Bernanos a assisté à des baptèmes" -- the mid-19thC font and cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin_Intérieur-1.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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view of font cover

Scene Description: the mid-19thC font cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Rocquet, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 16 September 2020 by Jacques Rocquet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_Fressin_Intérieur-1.jpg] [accessed 18 December 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24528FRE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: Rue de l'Église, 62140 Fressin, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 04 90 24
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D154 [rue de Lombardie], W of the D928, 7-8 km N of Hesdin, about 25 km ESE of Le Touquet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese d'Arras
Historical Region: Nord-Pas de Calais / L'Artois
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: ca. 1425?
Century and Period: 15th century (early?), Late Gothic
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: built 1425+; -- listed in Mérimée : [ref.: PA00108285]
A modern [19th-century] baptismal font here is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62005127]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve en pierre et couvercle en bois. Cuve en forme de dôme avec une balustrade à rinceaux et des pots à feu. [...] Année de création 1855 ; 1856 [...] H = 88 (cuve) ; h = 100 (couvercle) [...] Dans le coin nord ouest de la nef." Also listed in Palissy [ref.: PM62005128] are two wall-mounted 19th-century holy water stoups of marble in this church: "Deux bénitiers muraux [...] Dans le collatéral sud, encastrés dans le premier pilier de la nef et dans le pilier de la croisée [...] 19e siècle [...] H = 8 ; l = 40 ; pr = 30". [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 15th-century church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.446564, 2.055028
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 26′ 47.63″ N, 2° 3′ 18.1″ E
UTM: 31U 432907 5588710