Courtedoux
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - motifs - geometric
Scene Description: inside torsade frames
B02: design element - patterns - torsade
Scene Description: forming frames around the geometric motifs
INFORMATION
FontID: 10129COU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [originally from the old church]
Church Patron Saints: [St. Martin?]
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Bern
Directions to Site: Located near Porrentruy
Font Location in Church: Inside the 19th-century church
Century and Period: 14th century (early?), Gothic
Church Notes: The old church was pulled down in 1835; the new one was consecrated in 1856
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. [NB: this church has also a 19th-century font in the neo-Classical style; it is not listed in this Index on account of its late date]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone