Nilletertie / La Nilletrie

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03241NIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early) [Pudelko], Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: [Église paroissiale?]
Site Location: France?, Europe
Directions to Site: site not located
Font Notes:
The upper basin has a thin but prominent square protruding top, plain to all appearances; below it there is a square band, narrower and ornamented with rosettes, five on each side; the chamfer has vegetal ornamentation. The base is made of a broad central column and four constructional colonnettes, all of it resting on a square lower base. Pudelko dates it to the early 14th century (description based on ill. in Pudelko, 1932)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • Pudelko, Georg, Romanische Taufsteine, Berlin: Wurfel Verlag, 1932, p. 61 and pl. IX