Lez-Fontaine
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Lez-Fontaine (Nord, Fr) église, façade"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 5 July 2011 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Lez-Fontaine_(Nord,_Fr)_église,_façade.jpg] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Fonds [sic] baptismaux"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonds [sic] baptismaux"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Commune de Lez-Fontaine, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph January 2017 in Commune de Lez-Fontaine [https://www.lez-fontaine.fr/patrimoine/eglise-saint-martin] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
Scene Description: all over the pedestal base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Commune de Lez-Fontaine, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph January 2017 in Commune de Lez-Fontaine [https://www.lez-fontaine.fr/patrimoine/eglise-saint-martin] [accessed 20 December 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25176FON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: Gothic 13thC church built by the Knights Hospitaller of St. John; modified 16th; restored 1856 [NB: an earlier church, now 'Chapelle de Trieu', exists still in the village]
Church Address: 14-6 Rue du Gén de Gaulle, 59740 Lez-Fontaine, France
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D27, 13 km NE of Avesnes-sur-Helpe, 45 km SE of Valenciennes, 100 km SE of Lille
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cambrai
Historical Region: L'Avesnois / L'Hainaut
Additional Comments: composite font? (the present font consists of a hexagonal basin on an octagonal pedestal base?) -- disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM59004556]: "Fonts baptismaux en pierre grise de Soignies [...] 17e siècle [...] H = 110". The moulded basin appears hexagonal, raised on an octagonal pedestal base adorned with multiple mouldings. No cover present.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 575850 5558914
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.17757, 4.0623
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 10′ 39.25″ N, 4° 3′ 44.28″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM59004556]