Saulces-Monclin No. 1 / Saulces-aux-Bois

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Chevallier (1901)

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saulces-Monclin (Ardennes) église, tour" [NB: the new church, a re-building after the earlier one was destroyed in August 1914]

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Image Source: digital photograph 27 August 2012 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saulces-Monclin_(Ardennes)_église,_tour.JPG] [accessed 1 November 2023]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Nicolas de Saulces-Monclin (Ardennes, France), avant sa destruction le 30 août 1914. C'est l'église historique de l'ancien village de Saulces-aux-Bois ; bâtie au XIIe siècle, elle fut restaurée en 1858, soit 30 ans après la fusion des communes."

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Image Source: digital image of a 31 December 1910 postcard [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Nicolas_de_Saulces-aux-Bois.jpg] [accessed 1 November 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: it was destroyed in August 1914

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Chevallier (1901)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25019SAU
Church/Chapel: Église Saint-Nicolas de Saulces-Monclin
Church Location: Rue du Dr Jullich, 08270 Saulces-Monclin, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ardennes, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located off the D8 [aka Rue de la Vieille ville], E of the A34, 15 km NE of Rethel, about 50 km NE of Reims
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Reims-Ardennes
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
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: 12thC church; restored 1858; destroyed 30 August 1914; re-built thereafter
Alfred Chevallier's article 'Notes sur quelques fonts baptismaux des Ardennes', in the Revue historique ardennaise, Volum 8 (1901: 303-305) includes the baptismal font at Saulces-Monclin among a number of medieval fonts in the area: "Les fonts de Saulces Monclin canton de Novion Porcien paraissent être à peu près de la même époque que ceux de Bertoncourt [...] à la fin du XII ou au commencement du XIII siècle [...] La cuve demi sphérique à sa base et octogone à sa partie supérieure est ornée de tiges grêles avec feuilles et fleurons Le fût cylindrique repose sur une base carrée taillée en biseau. Les fonts de Bertoncourt et de Saulces Monclin sont en pierre blanche." A plate in the same source illustrates a number of them, including that of Saulces-Monclin. A font cover made of metal and wood is reported in Les balades des Granges du Porcien [https://grangesporcien.jimdo.com/saulces-monclin-2017/edifices-religieux/] [accessed 1 November 2023] ["Clôture des fonts baptismaux, en fer et décor en bois peint représentant Adam et Eve cueillant la pomme"] but the font itself is not mentioned. The parish church of Saint-Nicolas de Saulces-Monclin and its medieval font were destroyed in August 1914; the church was later re-built.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.575869, 4.497362
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 34′ 33.13″ N, 4° 29′ 50.5″ E
UTM: 31U 608251 5492553

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Notes: [cf. FontNotes]