Romaines in Ramerupt No. 2

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animal - bird - 2 - facing each other - at a tree? or plant?

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital photograph 2003 [031027752NUCA] by S. Daussy, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010_031027752] [accessed 27 November 2023]
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design element - motifs - plant or tree

Scene Description: [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 2003 [031027752NUCA] by S. Daussy, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010_031027752] [accessed 27 November 2023]
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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier, vue générale. 16e siècle"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
Image Source: digital photograph 2003 [031027752NUCA] by S. Daussy, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010_031027752] [accessed 27 November 2023]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 25099ROM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Félix-de-Nole de Romaines
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Felix of Nola
Church Address: 5 Rue Gd Rue Romaines, 10240 Ramerupt, France
Site Location: Aube, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Romaines is a hamlet of and 1-2 km W of Ramerupt, located off the D441, about 45 km NE of Troyes
Historical Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Additional Comments: it is odd that this stoup had a drain hole (now blocked) [cf. Palissy in FontNotes]; was it something else before it became a stoup? too small for a font; a lavabo? / piscina?
Font Notes:
Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10004756]: "Bénitier [...] Taille de pierre Calcaire [...] A motifs sculptés et moulurations. Le calcaire employé a une granulométrie assez grossière. Le trou (d'évacuation ?) de la cuve a été comblé [...] Colombe ; végétation [...] Les deux colombes sont tournées vers une brindille : cette scène symbolise la renaissance [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 20 ; la = 31 ; pr = 29,5 [...] Mauvaises conditions de conservation. Le bénitier est largement recouvert de mousse". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA010031027752].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this stoup

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 597274 5374325
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.5145, 4.31718
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 30′ 52.2″ N, 4° 19′ 1.85″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: tub-shaped, wall-mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: [cf. FontNotes]
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Basin Total Height: 20 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 29.5 x 31 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM10004756]