Riez No. 2
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2001
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: BSI - Photographed 2001
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-NC-ND-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03636RIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Date Visited: 2001-06-13
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Cognate Fonts: Similar interior to the baptistery at Aix-en-Provence, according to Corblet
Church / Chapel Name: In the ancient baptistery of Riez
Font Location in Church: In the centre of the rotunda
Church Address: 04500 Riez, France
Site Location: Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Riez is located 42 km S of Digne-les-Bains (D905 south, then, D953 to Riez), just E of the Lac-de-Sainte-Croix
Font Notes:
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Corblet (1881-1882, v. 2, p. 72) reports on the excavations which unearthed a 5th-century "piscine" about 120 cm in diameter and 45 cm in depth, with its sides lined with plaques of white marble, in the ancient baptistery of Riez. [cf. entry for Riez No. 1 in this Index for available information on the baptistery building]. On-site notes: besides the building itself, all that can be seen now is the reconstructed octagonal well with bare walls. The large flood-light incrusted in the bottom of the piscina and the lack of any detail other than the bare walls of the well gives this object a rather precarious and dejected look. [NB: our gratitude to Mlle. Valéry Reynard, of the Bureau de Tourisme de Riez, for providing full access to us and for being our charming and friendly guide on our visit]
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 265957 4855535
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.815833, 6.089861
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 48′ 57″ N, 6° 5′ 23.5″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, mixed (orig. marble lined)
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: [cf. Enlart's remarks in Notes on Fonts in the entry for Riez No. 1 in this Index]
Diameter (inside rim): 125-133 cm *(120 cm)
Basin Depth: 62 cm *(45 cm)
Notes on Measurements: BSI *(Measurements as given in Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 72)
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II D 120
- Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998, vol. 1: 85-93
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 72
- Guyon, Jean, Les premiers baptistères des Gaules (IVe-VIIIe siècles), Roma: Unione Internazionale degli Istituti di Archeologia, Storia e Storia dell'Arte in Roma / Union des instituts étrangers de Rome, 2000