Cherbourg No. 1 / Carisburg / Carusburg / Chierebourg / Chieresburg / Chiersburg / Coriallo / Coriovallo

Results: 15 records

Click to view images and/or subjects

animal - fabulous animal or monster - dragon

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

animal - fabulous animal or monster - manticore - 2

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

design element - architectural - arch - trefoiled - 8

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arches; the shape of the leaves varies

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus

Scene Description: seen here on the left panel, upper register

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage - oak leaves

Scene Description: seen here on the partially visible left panel, upper half

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

devil(s) and demons - Satan - between 2 birds

Scene Description: the odd-shaped figure is painted in brown, stands facing front, and has a visible penis

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

inscription

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: showing some the metal hinge of the cover, and some of the damage to the stone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2015 by John Wilkes

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 June 2015 by John Wilkes

Copyright Instructions: Standing permission

view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 August 2009 by Andreas F. Borchert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilique_Sainte-Trinité_de_Cherbourg_Nef_2009_08_31.jpg] [accessed 17 June 2015]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 18 June 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03314CHE

Church/Chapel: Basilique Sainte-Trinité de Cherbourg

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity

Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 50100 Cherbourg-Octeville, France -- Tel.: +33 2 33 53 10 63

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located at the extreme N of the 'presqu'île' of Cotentin; merged with Octeville in 2000

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, S side

Century and Period: 14th - 15th century? /14th century [Mon. hist.], Gothic

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to John Wilkes for his additional photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: originally built in 11thC at William the Conqueror's command; listed in Mérimée [réf.: PA00110365]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Vivier-Seguin (1941) report that this font was dated by the Monuments historiques to the 14th century, the basin and base being from different periods. The octagonal basin has an upper rim ornamented with tetrafoil motif, four such motifs on each side. The basin side has two registers: the upper register has monsters and/or fabulous animals, described by Le Sens as: dragons, a chimera, a harpy and a hairy man fighting two griffins; the lower register has Ogee arches with climbing curlicues on the sides. The octagonal base is narrower and, according to V-S, of a later date; it has pattern ornamentation and a band around its middle with an inscription [cf. inscription area]. V-S report that the restoration of the font in 1869 added a tall wooden lid adorned with flowery Ogee motifs and, as finial, a statuette of John the Baptist (Vivier, 1941). On-site inspection [June 18, 2000] revealed that the inside of the basin has been divided into two containers by a dividing wall, probably a later addition to make the font comply with the two-basin common in the area. There is a visible horizontal crack through the lower part of the basin; the explanation for the crack is given locally that the font fell when it was hidden during the Revolution behind the organ. The original paint (red, green and gold) remains.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.64194, -1.62333

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 38′ 30.98″ N, 1° 37′ 23.99″ W

UTM: 30U 5499731 599391

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone [Vivier-Seguin]

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal (now parted in two)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: Due to the added partition of the inside bowl it is not known what the original drain system consisted of, probably a central hole now replicated in the partition.

Rim Thickness: 10-11 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 74-78 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 95 cm

Basin Depth: 25 cm (after partition installed)

Height of Basin Side: 42 cm (+ rim 10 cm)

Basin Total Height: 52 cm

Height of Base: 49 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm

Font Height (with Plinth): 116 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI. [NB:"diameter" represents the measurement of the diagonal of the octagon]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: V. Le Sens' translation: "Eau régénératrice. Source de salut et de vérité"

Inscription Location: Band accross the middle of the base

Inscription Text: "AQUA/REGE/NERAS/FONS/SALU/TIS ET/VERITATIS"

Inscription Source: Victor Le Sens in the Mémoires, Société académique de Cherbourg, 1856 [confirmed by BSI on-site inspection]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 1869?

Material: wood,

Notes: The font cover is a beautiful work, painted and gilded, in the Gothic style, with a finial representing John the Baptist

REFERENCES

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