Saint-Paul-de-Varax
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design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: Négatif noir et blanc; support verre; by Henri Heuzé [before 1919]; NUMP: MH0018644 -- in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00018644]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: very stylised
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - diffusion RMN, 2013
Image Source: Négatif noir et blanc; support verre; by Henri Heuzé [before 1919]; NUMP: MH0018644 -- in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00018644]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - diffusion RMN, 2013
Image Source: Négatif noir et blanc; support verre; by Henri Heuzé [before 1919]; NUMP: MH0018644 -- in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00018644]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France) - Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine - diffusion RMN, 2013
Image Source: Négatif noir et blanc; support verre; by Henri Heuzé [before 1919]; NUMP: MH0018644 -- in Mémoire [ref.: APMH00018644]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-NC-ND 4.0 = Licence Ouverte / CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 03014PAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Paul
Church Location: 01240 Saint-Paul-de-Varax, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ain, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: St-Paul-de-Varax is about 15 kms SW of Bourg-en-Bresse down the N83.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Belley-Ars
Historical Region: La Dombes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century [basin only] -- 2nd century [base only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: Romanesque church of between 1103 and 1150
Font Notes:
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Composite font consisting on a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with a pattern of long vertical leaves all around the sides, a pattern of smaller ones on the oderbowl; raised on an upturned capital said to be Gallo-Roman. Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of difficult-to-date fonts. The church here is listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00116563] with mention of the baptismal font in it: "Eglise de type basilical, édifiée entre 1103 et 1150. Les fonds [sic] baptismaux sont supportés par un chapiteau romain". Noted and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM01000335]: "Cuve circulaire en marbre blanc placé sur un chapiteau antique de marbre blanc renversé."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.099599, 5.129761
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 5′ 58.55″ N, 5° 7′ 47.14″ E
UTM: 31T 664548 5107328
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 78 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [Palissy [ref.: PM01000335]]
REFERENCES
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902