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

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design element - patterns - ribbed
information
view of basin - interior
view of stoup
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.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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