Villers-sur-le-Mont
Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0
Results: 7 records
human figure - head
Scene Description: "Fragments qui proviendraient de la cuve baptismale de l'église détruite d'Yvernaumont." [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph [20220800114] in Mémoire [ref.: OA008_20220800114] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA008_20220800114] [accessed 7 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villers-sur-le-Mont (Ardennes) église, façade"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 August 2012 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villers-sur-le-Mont_(Ardennes)_église,_façade.JPG] [accessed 7 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Villers-sur-le-Mont (Ardennes) église, vue latérale"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 29 August 2012 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Villers-sur-le-Mont_(Ardennes)_église,_vue_latérale.JPG] [accessed 7 August 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of fragment
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of fragment
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of fragment
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
view of fragment
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [s.n., s.d.]
Image Source: digital photograph [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24863VIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1, fragment
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Boniface de Villers-sur-le-Mont
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Boniface [aka Bonifatius, Winfrith]
Previous Font Location(s): Eglise d'Yvernaumont? [destroyed] [cf. FontNotes]
Church Address: 1 Pl. Saint-Boniface, 08430 Villers-sur-le-Mont, France
Site Location: Ardennes, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D66, E of highway R46/A34, 2 km SE of Yvernaumont, 12-13 km SW of Charleville-M
Historical Region: Les Crêtes Préardennaises
Additional Comments: disused font / fragment of a font / moved font? [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
Click to view
Fragments of a 12th-century baptismal font, three of which are now built into the walls of this church, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM08001279] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM08001279] [accessed 7 August 2023]: "Fragments provenant d'une cuve baptismale romane : trois fragments remployés dans le mur extérieur nord (Choeur, mur est, autel latéral nord ; extérieur, mur nord, côté ouest); quatrième fragment présent dans l'église [...] Fragments qui représentent tous des têtes humaines, probablement situées à l'origine dans les angles de la cuve baptismale [...] 12e siècle [...] H = 33,5 (fragment de l'intérieur) [...] Fragments qui proviendraient de la cuve baptismale de l'église détruite d'Yvernaumont." The extant fragment is illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA008_20220800114] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA008_20220800114] [accessed 7 August 2023].
[NB: the entry for this village in Les Crêtes Préardennaises [https://www.cretespreardennaises.fr/directory/entry/yvernaumont.html] [accessed 7 August 2023] reports "ni église, ni cimetière"; was there ever a church in it?]
[NB: the entry for this village in Les Crêtes Préardennaises [https://www.cretespreardennaises.fr/directory/entry/yvernaumont.html] [accessed 7 August 2023] reports "ni église, ni cimetière"; was there ever a church in it?]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 621229 5502703
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.664666, 4.67994
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 39′ 52.8″ N, 4° 40′ 47.78″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: fragment