Til-Chatel / Til-Châtel

INFORMATION

FontID: 12470TIL
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Florent
Church Patron Saints: St. Florentius? / St. Florentinus of Sedun?
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located between Angres and Châlon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Noted in the web site of Communauté de comunes des Vallées de la Tille et de l'Ignon [www.covart.fr.fr/Index.php] [accessed 31 December 2006] as an octagonal baptismal font of the 12th century. In his entry on the font at Llanymawddwy, Wales, Thurlby (2006) writes: "This has been dated to the fourteenth century but the scallops indicate that the twelfth century is more likely as in the associate design at Til-Châtel (Côted'Or). This would better suit the tub shape of the font and also the simple raised middle band."

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006