Frejus No. 3 / Fréjus

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design element - motifs - hoop - 3

Scene Description: imitating the shape of a barrel

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: digital image of field notes taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior - cloister - detail

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: showin the two fonts

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail

Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail

Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail

Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail

Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of font - upper view

view of font and cover

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view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 13 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03608FRE

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Léonce

Church Patron Saints: St. Léonce of Fréjus

Church Location: 58 Rue de Fleury, 83600 Fréjus, France

Country Name: France

Location: Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Frejus can be reached from Cannes (30 kms S-W down the A8-E80 motorway or, 33 kms along the "Corniche"/N98); also from St Tropez (32 kms up the N98)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese of Fréjus-Toulon [formerly Diocese of Fréjus]

Historical Region: Provence

Font Location in Church: Between two of the columns of one of the apses of the baptistry

Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: A similar one found in the baptistery at Venasque

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Cathedral guide and authorities for their assistance in documenting the font

Church Notes: The baptistery has two fonts: the central sunken one in the middle of the octagon and another (?) in one of the side chapels between the columns. The cloister ceiling has unusual Apocalyptic paintings. The area is closed on Mondays. -- cathedral and baptistery listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081606], with dates in the 5thm 12th and 13thC

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: a barrel-like font located in one of the side apses of the baptistry building. The shape and design are of an early type, but it lacks ornamentation with the exception of the horizontal bands which imitate the hoops of a barrel, and is therefore difficult to date. It does suggest an 11th-century dating [cf. Index entry for Venasque No. 3 for a very similar object in another baptistery]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.433056, 6.736944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 25′ 59″ N, 6° 44′ 13″ E

UTM: 32T 316840 4811394

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: barrel-shaped (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 10 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 75 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 96 cm

Basin Depth: 50 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-ste

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

Thirion, Jacques, Alpes romanes, La Pierre-qui-vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1980