Tanis

Results: 11 records

design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - with bases - detail

one of the four outer constructional columns of the base; they are not identical and they are said to be of a later date than the basin [cf. FontNotes]

Scene Description: one of the four outer constructional columns of the base; they are not identical and they are said to be of a later date than the basin [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

human figure - head

Scene Description: One at each of the basin upper angles

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis_-_Fonds_baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

symbol - letter

Vivier-Seguin suggest "A" and "W" as symbols of the divinity of Christ on the sides of the basin [cf. FontNotes]; alternatively they could be just a tall zigzag motif

Scene Description: Vivier-Seguin suggest "A" and "W" as symbols of the divinity of Christ on the sides of the basin [cf. FontNotes]; alternatively they could be just a tall zigzag motif

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - north view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis.jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis_-_Nef.jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis_-_Nef_(2).jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

Scene Description: the diffrences between the columns and bases can be appreciated here

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

view of font - southwest side - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis_-_Fonds_baptismaux_(détail).jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: some of the angle heads are damaged [chiselled off?]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

view of font and cover in context - sourthwest side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 November 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Vigor_de_Tanis_-_Fonds_baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 11 October 2020]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 02761TAN

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint Vigor de Tanis

Church Patron Saints: St. Vigor

Church Location: rue de l'Église, 50170 Tanis, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Tanis is located of the D200, N of the N175, 8 km SW of Pontaubault, about 16 km SW of Avranches. There are interesting fonts listed nearby at Pontaubault, Vessey, Pleine-Fougères, Bazouges-la-Pérouse, etc.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Historical Region: Basse Normandie

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave, NW corner

Century and Period: 11th century [Malle, Vivier-Seguin], Romanesque

Church Notes: Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50001169]

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe the lines on the basin making very large angles as representing the letters "A" and "W". Noted in Malle (1994) who suggests the base may be of a later date than the basin. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50001169]: "Granite, granite : décor en bas-relief [...] La cuve est de forme quadrangulaire, décorée sur chaque face. [...] H = 83 ; l = 81 ; la = 79 [...] 12e siècle". On-site notes: the basin is shaped like an upside-down truncated pyramid with a human (?) face at each upper corner; the arris are rounded. The basin is crudely made of rough granite; the base has four colums added to the broad central cylindrical pedestal; the colonnettes of the base have retained their bases but have had their capitals broken off; there have been rough repairs done to the upper rim of the basin; the general state of the basin is poor, with a green mould developing on its surface.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.591964, -1.442513

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 35′ 31.07″ N, 1° 26′ 33.05″ W

UTM: 30U 614844 5383269

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: square (mounted) [inverted pyramid]

Basin Interior Shape: square

Basin Exterior Shape: square

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 14 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 50 x 55 cm*

Basin Depth: 27 cm*

Basin Total Height: 46 cm*

Height of Base: 39 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 85 cm* / 83 cm**

Trapezoidal Basin: 80 x 82 cm* / 79 x 81 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB:"Inside rim" is square] / ** Palissy [ref.: PM50001169]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Notes: Plain, flat wooden cover.

REFERENCES

Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941