Puy-en-Velay / Le Puy-en-Velay
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: modern baptismal font now in use
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view of font - upper view
Scene Description: modern baptismal font now in use
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed 1997
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view of object
Scene Description: the font-head, said to be Roman, now in the cloister
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view of baptistery interior
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1962
Image Source: Beigbeder(1962: pl. 24)
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view of baptistery - plan
Scene Description: Plan of a hypothetical reconstruction, in Beigbeder (1962)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zodiaque, 1962
Image Source: Beigbeder(1962: 84)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03616PUY
Object Type: Baptistery
Font Century and Period/Style: Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle de Saint-Clair / St-Jean
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Clair / St. John
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the cathedral complex] 2 Rue de la Manecanterie, 43000 Le Puy-en-Velay, France
Site Location: Haute-Loire, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The Chapelle de Saint-Clair is near the cathedral of Notre-Dame -- The baptistery is referred elsewhere as 'La Chapelle Saint-Jean des fonts baptismaux'
Font Notes:
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Corblet (1881-1882) reports that the original function of the Chapelle St-Clair, also known as the "Temple de Diane", was the subject of much speculation. It is an octagonal structure structure whose exterior is ornamented with the arches and geometrical patterns common in the area; inside it has a hemispherical apse with three windows, while each of the façades is pierced by a single narrow window; the eight-pannel vault has a circular opening in its centre. This building, adds Corblet, has been identified in the past as a church to Diana the huntress, and as an oratoire or funeral chapel of the Knights Templar, but these hypotheses have proved untenable since the discovery of the "traces du canal qui conduisait l'eau à la piscine". (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 65-66). Bond (1908: 20) refers to the baptistery "in the cathedral of Le Puy" and cites Enlart (1902: v. I, 196) as source. Beigbeder (1962: 50, etc.) describes and illustrates the 11th century building, raised on the previous early-Christian baptistery.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 569674 4988392
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.045556, 3.884722
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 2′ 44″ N, 3° 53′ 5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: unknown
Drainage Notes: [cf. Font notes with Corblet's report about a feeding canal for the baptistery]
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 20
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 65-66
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, vol. I, p. 196
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 14