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Baptismal font, Laon Cathedral, Picardy, France

Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.

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Image Size: 5481x3744 / 5.7MB; www.manuelcohen.com; Laon Aisne Picardy Picardie France French Europe European Western Europe Western European history heritage travel tourism tourist attraction Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon Laon cathedral cathedral church religion religious belief sacred faith christian christianity catholic catholicism 11th century font baptism baptismal font limestone Tournai stone carved face evangelist river historic monument monument historique rivers of paradise bird snake fantastic symbol good evil tail animal South transept transept
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Baptismal font, 11th century, in black Tournai stone, with 4 faces representing either the Evangelists, or the 4 Rivers of Paradise (Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pison), on the left a bird with snake tail representing the struggle between good and evil, and on the right an animal figure, in the South transept, Laon Cathedral or the Cathedrale Notre-Dame de Laon, built 12th and 13th centuries in Gothic style, in Laon, Aisne, Picardy, France. The cathedral is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen.