Frejus No. 3 / Fréjus
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design element - motifs - hoop - 3
Scene Description: imitating the shape of a barrel
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view of basin - interior
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view of church exterior - cloister - detail
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view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail
Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'
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Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'
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Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'
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view of church interior - ceiling - sablière - detail
Scene Description: some of the fancy carpentry work on the 'pannes sablières'
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view of church interior - baptistery
Scene Description: showin the two fonts
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03608FRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-13
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: A similar one found in the baptistery at Venasque
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Saint-Léonce
Font Location in Church: Between two of the columns of one of the apses of the baptistry
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Léonce of Fréjus
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
Church Address: 58 Rue de Fleury, 83600 Fréjus, France
Site Location: Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the Cathedral guide and authorities for their assistance in documenting the font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 316840 4811394
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.433056, 6.736944
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 25′ 59″ N, 6° 44′ 13″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: barrel-shaped, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 158-159 and il. 48