Thonon-les-Bains No. 1 / Tonon

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Apostle or saint - St. Maurice?

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP74W01615] [accessed 23 April 2024]

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animal - fish - dolphin

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symbol - cross

Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP74W01615] [accessed 23 April 2024]

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view of church exterior - west end - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Thonon-les-Bains. Eglise saint Hippolyte"

Image Source: digital photograph 21 June 2015 by Espirat [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thonon-les-Bains._Eglise_saint_Hippolyte._2015-06-21.JPG] [accessed 23 April 2024]

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP74W01614] [accessed 23 April 2024]

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [vg n13x18 02419] in the BGE, Centre d'iconographie genevoise [https://www.bge-geneve.ch/iconographie/oeuvre/vg-n13x18-02419] [accessed 23 April 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03008THO

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hippolyte

Church Patron Saints: St. Hippolytus of Rome

Church Location: 65B Grande Rue, 74200 Thonon-les-Bains, France

Country Name: France

Location: Haute-Savoie, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Thonon-les-Bains off the D2005, on the S bank of Lac Léman, across from Lausanne, 34 km NE of Geneve

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Annecy

Historical Region: Rhône-Alpes

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 14th century / 16th century,

Church Notes: 12thC; re-built 14thC; modified 17thC -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00118457]: "14e siècle ; 18e siècle"

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Listed by Enlart (1902) as a 16th century font with a round basin; Enlart mentions a dolphin depicted on the font as a symbol of baptism and a confusing reference is made to a saint depicted on the font [NB: there is an entry for Enlart's photograph of this font in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00044305] but the image is not accessible ["VERIF 09-035 ; Pas d'image associée"]. The font is listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM74000442]: "fonts baptismaux[...] pierre [...] Vasque circulaire [...] H = 90 ; d = 100 [...] 14e siècle [...] Oeuvre restaurée". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP74W01614 and AP74W01615].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.3727, 6.4794

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 22′ 21.72″ N, 6° 28′ 45.84″ E

UTM: 32T 306142 5138546

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: ro`

Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM74000442]

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,

Notes: [cf. ImagesArea]

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2024-04-23 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.