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BH01: human figure - head
Scene Description: a human head at each corner of the basin
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Image Source: Speltz (1994 c1910: 156, pl. 83, fig. 4)
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BH02: design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: Speltz (1994 c1910: 156, pl. 83, fig. 4)
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N/a: view of font
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Image Source: Speltz (1994 c1910: 156, pl. 83, fig. 4)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 02588BES
Country Name: France
Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France
Directions to Site: Located 7 km from Selens, 42 km from Laon,, in the canton Coucy-le-Château-Auffrique, arrondissement: Laon
Historical Region: Picardie
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A drawing in Speltz (1994 c1910: 156, pl. 83, fig. 4) shows a font similar to the Tournai type: square basin mounted on a central broad cylindrical base and four non-constructional columns at the corners; the corners of the basin have human faces carved on them; in between these, on the basin sides, foliage motifs; all the columns of the base appear plain. The whole is mounted on a plinth. [NB: problem: Besmé never had a church and was part of the Camelin parish -- listed in the Commune sans église en France [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catégorie:Commune_sans_église_en_France] [accessed 23 February 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 511897 5487408
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
Speltz, Alexander, Styles of Ornament: a Pictorial Survey of Six Thousand Years of Ornamental Design, New York: Gramercy Books, 1994(c1910)