Montcornet

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caption: "Montcornet (Aisne) Saint-Martin"

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 28 September 2014 by Reinhardhauke [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montcornet_(Aisne)_Saint-Martin_4333.JPG] [accessed 29 May 2024]

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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise St-Martin de Montcornet" -- the cast iron 19thC font and cover in use in this church

Image Source: digital photograph 12 September 202 by René Hourdry [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Montcornet_Eglise_42.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25529MON

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin de Montcornet

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours

Church Location: 7-39 Pl. Foch, 02340 Montcornet, France

Country Name: France

Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Located off the D946-D966 crossroads, 35-40 km NE of Laon

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons (-Laon-Saint-Quentin)

Historical Region: Picardie

Date: n.d.

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Church Notes: 13thC church; much modified since -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115822]

Font Notes: Click to view

Railliet (1964) mentions that M.J. Carlier had mentioned a Romanesque baptismal font abandoned; Railliet further notes that he never managed to see it. Palissy [ref.: IM02002403] litsts a baptismal font in this church as made of cast iron in the 19th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.6941, 4.01753

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 41′ 38.76″ N, 4° 1′ 3.11″ E

UTM: 31U 573384 5505117

REFERENCES

Railliet, Georges, "Less fonts baptismaux de l'Eglise collégiale Saint-Laurent de Rozoy-sur-Serre (Aisne)", Sur nos fonts baptismaux romans. Symbolique et Sauvegarde, Reims: Imp. Matot-Braine, 1964