Chuffilly-Roche

Results: 3 records

human figure - head

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pierre de Chuffilly-Roche (Ardennes, France)"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francis Neuvens, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 September 2009 by Francis Neuvens [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chuffilly-Roche_(08_Ardennes)_-_l’_Église_Saint-Pierre_-_Photo_Francis_Neuvens.JPG] [accessed 8 August 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west façade - detail

Scene Description: the head fragment built into the west façade

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Francis Neuvens, 2009

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 20 September 2009 by Francis Neuvens [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chuffilly-Roche_(08_Ardennes)_-_l’_Église_Saint-Pierre_-_Photo_Francis_Neuvens.JPG] [accessed 8 August 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 24870CHU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 5 Imp. de l'Église Bis, 08130 Chuffilly-Roche, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, E of the D987, 5 km SSE of Attigny, about 20 km ESE of Rethel
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing these objects to our attention and for his help in documenting them
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078428]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 1er quart 17e siècle"
Fragments of medieval sculpture were noted on 16 February 2014 entry for this church in Jean-Luc Collignon's Débris cachés d'un trésor roman en trois actes [https://jeanluccollignon.blog4ever.com/eglises-ardennaises] [accessed 8 August 2023]: Collignon (ibid.) identifies them as human heads, fragments of a baptismal font made of "pierre bleu calcaire dite de Meuse", now disappeared, which the restorers decided to include in the west façade of the building.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.446991, 4.604506
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 26′ 49.17″ N, 4° 36′ 16.22″ E
UTM: 31U 616302 5478385

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Mosan)
Font Shape: fragment