Nilletertie / La Nilletrie

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B01: design element - motifs - floral - rosette

Scene Description: Five on each side on the upper band.

INFORMATION

FontID: 03241NIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: [Eglise paroissiale?]
Country Name: France?
Directions to Site: site not located
Century and Period: 14th century (early) [Pudelko], Gothic
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