Augevilliers

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02854AUG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font
Cognate Fonts: Lesquielles Saint-Germain, Bury, Montdidier, etc.
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: [unable to locate] [could it be Angevillers, which was alternatively spelled Augevillers and Angewillers]
Font Notes:
Included by Cloquet among the Tournai fonts with a 5-support base (Cloquet, 1895)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Drainage Notes: Probably a centre hole as in most of the fonts of this type.

REFERENCES

  • Cloquet, Louis, "Fonts de baptême romans de Tournai", 45, Revue de l'art chrétien, 1895, pp. 308-320; p. 320