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Baptismal font, Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, France

Relief of the baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist in the river Jordan, with an angel, on the baptismal font, 15th century, moved here in the 19th century from the Church of St-Jacques-aux-Nonnains, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Relief of the baptism of Christ by St John the Baptist in the river Jordan, with an angel, on the baptismal font, 15th century, moved here in the 19th century from the Church of St-Jacques-aux-Nonnains, in the Basilique Saint-Urbain de Troyes, or Basilica of Saint Urban of Troyes, a 13th century Gothic church in Troyes, Aube, France. The basilica was founded in 1262 under Pope Urban IV and consecrated in 1382, although the building was not completed until the 20th century. It is listed as a national monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen