St Lawrence's, Thornton Curtis, LincolnshireDetail from Lincoln CathedralDetail from the life of Saint Nicholas, ZedelgemDrawing of the Montdidier font
Tournai fonts are a type of baptismal font made from blue black limestone during the 12th and early 13th centuries in and around the Belgian town of Tournai by local masons.[1] There are seven complete examples in England[2] and a disputed number in Europe: eighty according to one source,[3] or fifty in Northern France and Belgium and two in Germany according to another.[4]
A sculptural tradition, centred around Tournai, arose in the Scheldt valley from the 11th century onwards.[5] This was characterised by its use of low relief (which was a useful feature when a sculpture was transported),[6] hard lines and the depiction of minute detail, these features arising from the hardness of the material used from the 12th century; Tournai marble.[5] As a sculptural style it is distinguished from the contemporary style of Mosan art, and it was used in sculpture in both Ghent and Bruges.[5] The designation "Tournai font" is employed to identify fonts made by local masons who worked the stone, as opposed to at least two other schools of masons who also sculpted the stone.[1]
Tournaifonts are a type of baptismal font made from blue black limestone during the 12th and early 13th centuries in and around the Belgian town of Tournai...
collection known as the Tournaifonts and dates back to c. 1150. It is one of only ten fonts of its kind in England. The font weighs 1.5 tonnes and is...
stone church of St Peter. The church is notable for its 12th-century Tournaifont. Reverend Stephen Pakenham, with additional material by Canon Martin...
apples Typical Norman 12th-century decoration on the west front The Tournaifont The nave The choir The chapter house The nave, looking up Angel Choir...
building: het Vleeshuis Market square with pubs and town hall Brussels Gate Tournaifont in the Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk The Church of Our Lady (Onze Lieve-Vrouwekerk)...
Tournai stone is a dark limestone which takes a polish and was used particularly in the Romanesque period for sculpted items such as Tournaifonts. It...
Shrine of Our Lady in Tournai are among his best work. Other important metalworkers were Renier de Huy and Hugo d'Oignies. Baptismal font at St Bartholomew's...
black marble baptismal font created at Tournai, in what is now Belgium, c. 1130–40. The Tournaifont is one of four such fonts in the county of Hampshire...
1857, 1867 and 1895 "almost entirely rebuilt" the church. There is a Tournaifont of 1150. Boulge Cottage in the surrounding park was built c.1800 for...
examples surviving complete, as are the relief sculptures on the many Tournaifonts found in churches in southern England, France and Belgium. A feature...
new nave and chancel roofs. There is a 12th-century square black Tournai marble font, with opposed pairs of carved animals to sides, standing on a cylindrical...
20th century. The rare Tournaifont inside dates from the 1130s and has "a richness and quality comparable to the finest" such fonts in France. St James's...
apse shows two fragments of a repurposed 12th century Baptismal font of the Tournaifont type, showing birds picking grapes. The municipal cemetery has...
from Purbeck and Caen, the medieval Devon slate trade, black marble Tournaifonts in England and on the Continent, ceramic roof furniture such as chimney...
was enlarged in 1521–22 when Charles V, Holy Roman Emperor gained the Tournai region from France. Present-day Belgium was conquered in 1795 by the French...
of this device are ribbons containing two of the corps' battle honours, Tournai and Boulogne. In each corner are symbols representing the various royal...
still 13-year-old Edith was much sought-after as a bride, with Hériman of Tournai claiming that even King William II of England considered marrying her....
Saint Meinrad Archabbey. Retrieved 2016-08-12. Graduale triplex (1979). Tournai: Desclée & Socii. ISBN 2-85274-094-X, a special edition of the Graduale...
Kortrijk and Tournai, which gave birth to the first European Grouping of Territorial Cooperation in January 2008, Lille–Kortrijk–Tournai with an aggregate...
were executed for heresy; about two-thirds of them were Anabaptists. In Tournai, a Protestant man seized the sacramental bread during the mass, condemning...
few of them survived; they included grave goods from Childeric's tomb at Tournai and the rich Anglo-Saxon burial at Sutton Hoo. Religious art quickly assimilated...
entretiens avec Hergé [Tintin and I: Interviews with Hergé] (in French). Tournai: Casterman. ISBN 978-2-08-080052-7. Archived from the original on 10 April...
influence. The unusual four-tiered configuration was previously used in both Tournai Cathedral in modern-day Belgium and Noyon Cathedral, and is reflected locally...
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