Arles No. 1

Results: 44 records

design element - architectural - arcade - mixed arch-heads - columns with capitals and bases

on the front of the sarcophagus-altar-font -- angle arch-heads alternate with round ones; most (?) of the columns are decorated with torsade pattern

Scene Description: on the front of the sarcophagus-altar-font -- angle arch-heads alternate with round ones; most (?) of the columns are decorated with torsade pattern

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

human figure - male and female - standing

Scene Description: on the front side of the sarcophagus/altar/font, under the arches of the arcade; some single, some in pairs, both male and female

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of fieldnotes taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

information

Image Source: digital image of fieldnotes taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

view of basin - east side

the left side is towards the east; the front faces south -- this side has two registers clearly separated by the frame -- the columns visible on the left sides, up and down, are from the front arcade

Scene Description: the left side is towards the east; the front faces south -- this side has two registers clearly separated by the frame -- the columns visible on the left sides, up and down, are from the front arcade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - east side - detail

Scene Description: the right side is towards the east; the front faces south -- scene on the upper register

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - east side - detail

Scene Description: the right side is towards the east; the front faces south -- scene on the lower register

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - west side

Scene Description: the left side is towards the west; the front faces south -- this side has two registers clearly separated by the frame

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

Scene Description: the left side is towards the west; the front faces south -- scene on the lower register

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin - west side - detail

Scene Description: the left side is towards the west; the front faces south -- scene on the upper register

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of basin and cover

Scene Description: there is a lid at the top of the sarcophagus/altar/font; it opens to provide access to the basin well

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken in 1851 by Edouard Baldus (1813-1889), in Google Art Project [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Édouard_Baldus_-_Arles_(Bouches-du-Rhône)_-_Saint-Trophime's_cloister_facade_-_Google_Art_Project.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-PD-Mark / PD-old-100-1923 / PD-Art (PD-old-100-1923)

view of church exterior - west façade

Image Source: digital photograph taken 12 July 2007 by EmDee [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arles_-_Saint-Trophime.JPG] [accessed 11 July 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

view of church exterior - west portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 5 February 2012 by Piexv [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:ARLES.jpg] [accessed 11 July 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: the base od the door mullion, west portal, with figures on their knees; the one at the front, facing west has been badly disfigured

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: showing the location of the First Bath scene in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - west portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Scene Description: the former sarcophagus serving its dual function as altar and baptismal font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 11 July 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03501ARL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Saint-Trophime

Church Patron Saints: St. Trophimus of Arles [aka Thrôphime, Trophemus, Trófimo]

Church Location: 12 rue du Cloître, 13200 Arles, France -- Tel.: +33 4 90 96 07 38

Country Name: France

Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: The church of St-Trophime is located in the place de la République, opposite the Musée lapidaire, not far from both the Roman Theatre and Amphitheatre.

Font Location in Church: on the left side

Century and Period: 4th century (?), Gallo-Roman [altered]

Cognate Fonts: Corblet mentions the Cadenet and St-Cannat fonts, also in Bouches-du-Rhône, as being the same as this one.

Church Notes: church built 12thC on a 5thC Early Christian basilica -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081139] -- The church of St-Trophime has a remarkable 12thC. portal and a cloister described as "a real book in stone" [source: France: a Phaidon Cultural Guide (1985: 45)]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described by Corblet (1881-1882) simply as a Roman sarcophagus "métamorphosé en cuve baptismale". Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a former paleo-Christian sarcophagus now serving as baptismal font; it is ornamented with a double arcade on two levels; according to this same source, there are other two Roman sarcophagi in this church. On-site notes: superb 4th-century sarcophagus of Saint-Honorat des Alyscamps, now incorporated to the left wall (interior) of St-Trophime where it has served a double function as altar frontal and baptismal font (the conversion into baptismal font took place in the 18th century according to information displayed in the church). The front side has fourteen arches on two rows of seven, one above the other; the two sides are divided into two levels, but without further divisions. Christ, St. Peter, Daniel, orant figures, etc., occupy the arches; the left side is believed to represent Cain and Abel and three Hebrew figures; on the right, the Magi and the entry into Jerusalem probably. Access to the baptismal font is through a wooden cover at the upper surface of the altar; the basin well is a lead insert 80 x 35 x 30 cm.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.676667, 4.628056

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 40′ 36″ N, 4° 37′ 41″ E

UTM: 31T 631236 4837250

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one?

Font Shape: rectangular (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Drainage Notes: lead insert

Diameter (inside rim): 80 x 35 cm (rectangular)

Basin Depth: 30 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 118 cm

Trapezoidal Basin: 222 x [??] cm*

Notes on Measurements: BSI *[the width is probably 45-55 cm but the side is built into the wall and partly covered by the retable] [NB: the basin well occupies only a small part of the sarcophagus]

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th century?

Material: wood

Notes: The lid is part of the altar top

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882

Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985