Orbais-l'Abbaye

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Results: 13 records

design element - motifs - handle - ring handle - 4

Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles below the upper rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph by Jean Gourbeix, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP72P00811] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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design element or symbol - unidentified

Scene Description: between the shells

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP51W02627] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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human figure?

Scene Description: many of them at two levels on the basin sides

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP51W02627] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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symbol - shell

Scene Description: several

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP51W02627] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of church exterior - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Orbais-l'Abbaye - Abbatiale"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2003

Image Source: digital photograph 16 May 2003 by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orbais-l'Abbaye_-_Abbatiale_-1.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbatiale Saint-Pierre d'Orbais-l'Abbaye."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Amassychamp, 2014

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 8 February 2014 by Amassychamp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloche_Orbais_01.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Orbais, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum."

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Image Source: digital image of a 17thC engraving in Michel Germain's Monasticon Gallicanum [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_st-Pierre_dOrbais.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbaye Saint-Pierre d'Orbais"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Krhome, 2020

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 18 August 2020 by Krhome [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Saint-Pierre_d'Orbais_2.jpg] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of font

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP51W02627] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of font

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023

Image Source: digital image of a 1972 B&W photograph by Jean Gourbeix, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP72P00811] [accessed 4 October 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of font

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbatiale Saint-Pierre d'Orbais, fonts baptismaux en fonte de fer du XVIe siècle."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Amassychamp, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 8 February 2014 by Amassychamp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cloche_Orbais_abbaye.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: the somewhat similar font being auctioned off in the Gazette Drouot, N°34. 29 septembre 2023 [cf. FontNotes]: "Cuve baptismale en fonte de fer reposant sur quatre pieds griffes et ornée d'un décor de dix-huit mascarons. Prises annelées latérales (manque une). Champagne, vers 1500. H.40 cm Diam.62 cm Petits accidents, manques et oxydation. Un modèle comparable classé au titre du patrimoine mobilier se trouve dans l'église d'Orbais -l'abbaye ( Marne)."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gazette Drouot, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Gazette Drouot, N°34. 29 septembre 2023 [https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/17151808-cuve-baptismale-en-fonte-de---] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbatiale Saint-Pierre d'Orbais-l'Abbaye."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Amassychamp, 2014

Image Source: digital photograph 8 February 2014 by Amassychamp [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Orbais_03.JPG] [accessed 4 October 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24971ORB
Church/Chapel: Eglise abbatiale Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: 4 Pl. des Tilleuls, 51270 Orbais-l'Abbaye, France
Country Name: France
Location: Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D11, 9 km WNE of Montmort-Lucy, about 22 km WSW of Epernay
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century,
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
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: Benedictine abbey founded late-7thC; church of St. Peter & St. Paul 12th-13thC -- an ancient church, "paroissiale Saint-Prix" existed here but has disappeared -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078755]: "Eglise abbatiale [...] 13e siècle"
Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM51001268]: Fonts baptismaux [...] cuve [...] Fonte de fer [...] 16e siècle [...] D = 60 [...] Transept, bras sud". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP51W02627 and AP72P00811]. The large cast iron basin is roughly bucket-shaped and of a design more commonly found in holy-water stoups, although this one is quite large, with a 60 cm diameter at the upper rim; it rest on four(?) stumpy legs; it has four loops on the sides with hanging rings, as if it was intended to be moved often; it has large shell motifs decorating the side below the rim, and some other motif or symbol as well; the sides of the basin are decorated with many tiny human figures(?) standing between thin mouldings. No cover present. A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 18 November 2022) informs of an auction sale advertised in the Gazette Drouot, N°34. 29 septembre 2023 [https://www.gazette-drouot.com/lots/17151808-cuve-baptismale-en-fonte-de---] [accessed 4 October 2023] for a similar font: "dans l'église d'Orbais -l'abbaye ( Marne)", but it does not release the provenance of the one for sale.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.950588, 3.700791
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 2.12″ N, 3° 42′ 2.85″ E
UTM: 31U 551308 5422200

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, iron (cast iron)
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM51001268]