Bergicourt

Illustrated in a ca. 1900-1913 B&W photograph in Mnesys [http://archives.somme.fr/ark:/58483/a011308867881AGnQ12] [accessed 2 July 2012]. Medieval baptismal font of a type found in this area of the Somme, a rounded basin in a frame-like design formed by a quadrangular upper side and four colonnettes [or clusters of. in some of the other fonts] decorated with leaf capitals and mouled bases; the upper basin sides below the rim are moulded; the large rounded underbowl rests on the lower base, which is quadrangular and plain as is the plinth. The wooden cover is flat and plain, also quadrangular; there are metal staples in the rim at opposite ends, and the lock is a metal rod that links the staples across the top. The design of this font includes a rounded basin in a quadrangular frame formed by four angle colonnettes, with some varians, like the other medieval fonts in the Somme at Bergicourt, Cerisy-Buleux, Faverolles, Fourcigny, Gentelles, Neuville-les-Loeuilly, Rouvrel, Wiry au Mont, etc.