Saint-Paul-Troix-Chateaux No. 3 / Augusta tricastrinorum / Saint-Paul-Troix-Châteaux

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design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: low-relief pattern all around

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information

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view of basin - interior

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view of stoup

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view of stoup

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02472PAU
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Notre-Dame de St-Paul-Trois-Chateaux
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Rue de Mgr Sibour, 26130 Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux, France -- Tel.: +33 4 75 96 41 06
Country Name: France
Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Located off the D59/D458 [aka Course des Barry], 17 kms SW of Grignan, down the D71 and right turn on the D59 to Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteauxabout 30 km N of Orange
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Valence
Historical Region: Drôme provençale
Font Location in Church: In the S side facing the altar, behind the large column, under a painting
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: St-Paul-Trois-Chateaux was a bishopry until the French Revolution, hence the large cathedral. Some beautiful mosaics by the altar and colourful frescoes in the transept and other areas of the interior.
Included in Narcisse (1979: 19). On-site notes: composite holy-water stoup located just inside the south entrance; sandstone bucket-shaped basin with long ribbed pattern from top to bottom; it is raised on a plain cylindrical stem of grey marble and a wider round lower base which appears to be also sandstone.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.349444, 4.7675
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 20′ 58″ N, 4° 46′ 3″ E
UTM: 31T 640874 4912205

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (basin and lower base) and marble (stem)
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: bucket-shaped (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Rim Thickness: 6-8 cm*
Diameter (inside rim): 63-64 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 79-80 cm*
Basin Depth: 25 cm*
Basin Total Height: 50 cm*
Height of Base: 58 cm*
Height of Central Column: 26 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Narcisse, Jean-Claude, Art roman en Provence, Rennes: Ouest France, 1979