Villangoujard / Vallangoujard

INFORMATION

FontID: 03096VIL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Country Name: France

Location: Oise, Hauts-de-France

Directions to Site: Enlart locates it near Noyon, NW of Compiegnes. There are several other such fonts listed for this area.

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century [Enlart], Medieval

Cognate Fonts: Chiry and Cambronne nearby

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed by Enlart (1902) as "fonts en forme de navette". ***THIS IS PROBABLY AN ERROR RECORD -- THE SITE APPEARS AS Villangoujard IN ENLART BUT IT IS LIKELY Vallangoujard [cf. BSI entry for the latter]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: pedestal font

Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

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