Til-Chatel / Til-Châtel

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 12470TIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: [cf. FontNotes]
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Florent-et-Saint-Honoré de Til-Châtel
Font Location in Church: Inside, SW end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Florentius? / St. Florentinus of Sedun? and St. Honorius
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00112700]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle"
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 21120 Til-Châtel, France
Site Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D959-D974 crossroads, avout 25 km N of Dijon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Dijon
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Notes:
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." An early drawing of the Til-Châtel font appears in a 1687 drawing [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP21W05081] [accessed 1 July 2025]. 1 June 2021 digital photograph of the font by GO69 [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/8a/Til-Châtel_(21)_Église_Saint-Florent-et-Saint-Honoré_-_Intérieur_-_19.jpg] [accessed 1 July 2025] shows the font with metal staples at opposite ends of the upper basin rim but no cover present.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 663766 5265091
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.518611, 5.175278
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 31′ 7″ N, 5° 10′ 31″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • Thurlby, Malcolm, Romanesque architecture and sculpture in Wales, Little Logaston, Woonton, Almeley, Herts.: Logaston Press, 2006, p. 261