Courtedoux / Curtis Udulphi
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 10129COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century (early?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Courtedoux
Font Location in Church: Inside the 19th-century church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Previous Font Location(s): originally from the old church
Church Notes: The old church of 1389 was pulled down in 1835; re-built 1835 and consecrated in 1856
Church Address: C27H+555 Courtedoux, Switzerland
Site Location: Bern, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (E) road D16, 3 km W of Porrentruy, about 40 km W of Basel/Bâle
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bâle
Historical Region: Le Jura
Additional Comments: recycled font: originally from the old church
Font Notes:
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Described in JURANET [www.juranet.ch/localites/communes/ajoie/CDoux.htm] as a Gothic baptismal font probably of the early 14th century, originally from the old church in this town. The font is decorated with geometric motifs inside torsade frames. Noted in notreHistoire.ch [https://notrehistoire.ch/entries/EVY7p061BGL] [accessed 15 August 2025]: "fonds [sic] baptismaux (XIVe)"
[NB: this church has also a 19th-century font in the neo-Classical style noted in Espace pastoral Ajoie [https://www.cath-ajoie.ch/cathajoie/Haute-Ajoie/Eglises-et-lieux-de-culte/Eglise-de-Courtedoux/Eglise-de-Courtedoux.html#] [accessed 15 August 2025]; it is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]
[NB: this church has also a 19th-century font in the neo-Classical style noted in Espace pastoral Ajoie [https://www.cath-ajoie.ch/cathajoie/Haute-Ajoie/Eglises-et-lieux-de-culte/Eglise-de-Courtedoux/Eglise-de-Courtedoux.html#] [accessed 15 August 2025]; it is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 351239 5252934
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.41289, 7.028
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 24′ 46.4″ N, 7° 1′ 40.8″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone