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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. There are seven complete examples in England and a disputed number in Europe: eighty according to one source, or fifty in Northern France and Belgium and two in Germany according to another.

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  • Les Fonts baptismaux tournaisiens sont un type particulier de vasque baptismale de style roman scaldien taillée dans la pierre bleue-grise de la région de Tournai (Belgique). Réalisée au XIIe et au début du XIIIe siècle dans et autour de la ville belge de Tournai par des artistes sculpteurs locaux elles eurent un succès international : on en trouve en Angleterre, Allemagne, Belgique et nord de la France. (fr)
  • 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. There are seven complete examples in England and a disputed number in Europe: eighty according to one source, or fifty in Northern France and Belgium and two in Germany according to another. A sculptural tradition, centred around Tournai, arose in the Scheldt valley from the 11th century onwards. This was characterised by its use of low relief (which was a useful feature when a sculpture was transported), hard lines and the depiction of minute detail, these features arising from the hardness of the material used from the 12th century; Tournai marble. 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. 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. (en)
  • In de 12e en 13e eeuw vond een vrij homogene productie plaats van Doornikse doopvonten in romaanse stijl. De uit blauwe hardsteen gehouwen stukken werden internationaal geëxporteerd. (nl)
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  • Les Fonts baptismaux tournaisiens sont un type particulier de vasque baptismale de style roman scaldien taillée dans la pierre bleue-grise de la région de Tournai (Belgique). Réalisée au XIIe et au début du XIIIe siècle dans et autour de la ville belge de Tournai par des artistes sculpteurs locaux elles eurent un succès international : on en trouve en Angleterre, Allemagne, Belgique et nord de la France. (fr)
  • In de 12e en 13e eeuw vond een vrij homogene productie plaats van Doornikse doopvonten in romaanse stijl. De uit blauwe hardsteen gehouwen stukken werden internationaal geëxporteerd. (nl)
  • 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. There are seven complete examples in England and a disputed number in Europe: eighty according to one source, or fifty in Northern France and Belgium and two in Germany according to another. (en)
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  • Fonts baptismaux tournaisiens (fr)
  • Doornikse doopvonten (nl)
  • Tournai font (en)
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