Pitteffaux / Pittefaux

INFORMATION

FontID: 02976PIT

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale

Country Name: France

Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Pittefaux (one "f") is about 5 km NE of Boulogne-sur-Mer. [NB: Enlart has it as "Pitteffaux"]. Only vestiges remain of the former parish church

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?

Cognate Fonts: Ames, Nielles-les-Ardres, etc.

Church Notes: Mérimée [ref.: IA62000103] lists the vestiges of a 'Église paroissiale Saint-Martin" of 1653 in Pittefaux

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

One of several Tournai-like square fonts mounted on a column base listed by Enlart and dated to the 11th-12th century (Enlart, 1902)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902