Vouecourt No. 1 / Vouécourt / Veecuria / Vehecort / Voecor / Waecurt / Wouecourt

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the new glass font cover

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: screenshot of Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of basin - upper view

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Image Source: screenshot of Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of basin and cover

Scene Description: showing the damaged cover and the rusted anchoring spot on the basin rim

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Doopfont stolp Vouecourt, [s.d.]

Image Source: screenshot of Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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view of font and cover

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view of font and stoup in context

Scene Description: the stoup is in the foreground covered in flowers

view of font cover

Scene Description: showing the interior of the old cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Doopfont stolp Vouecourt, [s.d.]

Image Source: screenshot of Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24976VOU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Hilaire
Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers
Church Location: 1 Rue du Pâquis, 52320 Vouécourt, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Marne, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D40/D258, E of the N67, on the W bank of the Marne river, 20 km N of Chaumont, about 100 km WSW of Nancy
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Langres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the nave
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, 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
A communication to BSI from Pol Herman (e-mail of 20 November 2022) included a reference to a YouTube video Doopfont stolp Vouecourt.WMV [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1svsuwnhxY] [accessed 5 October 2023] that shows the replacement of an old wooden font cover by one made of leaded glass on the stone baptismal font; the font itself appears monolithic and made of stone, octagonal in shape with a tapering in base. The old cover appeared damaged before its replacement.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.26731, 5.13703
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 16′ 2.32″ N, 5° 8′ 13.31″ E
UTM: 31U 658583 5348219

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: 1
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]