Dijon No. 1
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human figure - head
Scene Description: Source caption: "Détails des Fonts baptismaux de la cathédrale saint Bénigne (Dijon, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne Franche Comté, France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François de Dijon, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 10 March 2017 by François de Dijon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dijon_Cathédrale_Saint-Bénigne_62.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2025]
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view of church interior - crypt
Scene Description: Source caption: "Crypte de la cathédrale Saint-Bénigne de Dijon (Côte d'or, Bourgogne, France) -- This image is a panorama of la crypte de la cathédrale Saint-Bénigne consisting of 7 frames that were merged or stitched in Autopano"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François de Dijon, 2017
Image Source: digital image 10 March 2017 by François de Dijon [NB: this image is a panorama of la crypte de la cathédrale Saint-Bénigne consisting of 7 frames that were merged or stitched in Autopano] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dijon_Cathédrale_Saint-Bénigne_Crypte_15.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2025]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de la cathédrale saint Bénigne (Dijon, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne Franche Comté, France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François de Dijon, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 10 March 2017 by François de Dijon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dijon_Cathédrale_Saint-Bénigne_55.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2025]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de la cathédrale saint Bénigne (Dijon, Côte d'Or, Bourgogne Franche Comté, France)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François de Dijon, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 10 March 2017 by François de Dijon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dijon_Cathédrale_Saint-Bénigne_56.jpg] [accessed 1 April 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 03392DIJ
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Bénigne [formerly abbey church of the Abbaye Saint-Bénigne de Dijon]
Church Patron Saints: St. Benignus of Dijon
Church Location: Pl. Saint Bénigne, 21000 Dijon, France -- Tel.: +33 3 80 30 39 33
Country Name: France
Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located in the Place de St-Bénigne, in the old city centre of Dijon.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Dijon
Font Location in Church: In its own baptistery
Date: 1903
Century and Period: 20th century (early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: font by Xavier Shanovsky; angel crane after Paul Gasq
Church Notes: first crypt here 511; basilica built on it in 535; abbey founded 871; re-built 1016; re-built 13thC; became cathedral 1792;
Font Notes:
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Illustrated and annotated by Malle (1984): the font was made in 1903 by Shanovsky and it is in the style of earlier fonts, with an octagonal basin and a five-column base (broad central column and four peripheral colonnettes) all mounted on a huge octagonal plinth with two levels; one of the sides of the basin has a human head on it; otherwise the sides are plain except for a patterned upper rim. The bronze cover is dome-shaped with two levels and the crane mechanism that serves to raise and lower it has a large winged angel holding the finial, the work of Gasq. [NB: although this font would fall outside of the chronological scope of this Index on account of its late date, it is nevertheless included because it belongs in the best tradition of magnificent baptismal fonts].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.321755, 5.03411
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 19′ 18.32″ N, 5° 2′ 2.8″ E
UTM: 31T 653711 5242927
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, pierre de Brochon (Malle)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: 20th century
Material: metal, bronze
Apparatus: The font cover and the raising mechanism "manoeuvré à la flamande par un ange" are the work of Gasq (illustrated in Malle, 1994, p. 49
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994