Evain

INFORMATION

FontID: 00816EVA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale
Country Name: France
Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: [not located]
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font
Font Notes:
Enlart (1902: 777n1) lists this as a Tournai font mounted on a 5-column base. Bond (1908: 205) lists also as a Tournai font, but he used Enlart as source. [NB: we are unable to locate the toponym EVAIN in Pas de Calais, or anywhere else in France; it may refer to one of the "Evian" localities -- unable to resolve at this point].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Eden, Cecil H., Black Tournai Fonts in England, London: E. Stock, 1909
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902