Saint-Die / Dié

Results: 4 records

animal - bird

a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet
Scene Description: a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet

animal - fabulous animal or monster - marine monster

a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet
Scene Description: a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet

animal - fish

a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet
Scene Description: a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet

symbol - the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain)

a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet, forming a lake in which marine monsters swim, and sorrounded by birds and fish
Scene Description: a/p De Rossi's description in Corblet, forming a lake in which marine monsters swim, and sorrounded by birds and fish

INFORMATION

FontID: 03638DIE
Object Type: Baptistery
Church/Chapel: Baptistery [disappeared]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates given for the Cathédrale Saint-Dié de Saint-Dié-des-Vosges] Rdpt des Combattants d'Afn et Téo, 88100 Saint-Dié-des-Vosges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Vosges, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Saint-Dié is located about 60 km NW of Colmar, about 50 km W (beeline) from the German border. The cathedral is located off Rue Saint-Charles,towards the N of the historic centre.
Cognate Fonts: Corblet mentions that De Rossi [cf. Notes on Authors] found the imagery in the mosaics of Saint-Dié analogous with that found on the "vase baptismal du musée Kircher". See also the Index entry for the Early-Christian site at Mukheitem, Jabaliyah, in Palestine, for related mosaic ornamentation [rivers of Paradise, etc.]
Church Notes: [NB: the town of Saint-Dié suffered massive destruction at the hands of the retiring German army at the end of the Second World War. It is not known what, if anything, remains of the mosaics from the old baptistery]
Font Notes:
Corblet reports that a mosaic depicting the four rivers of Paradise was found near the cathedral, in a part now annexed to the bishop's palace (évêché). The site is presumed to be that of an ancient baptistery. The mosaic has the four said rivers forming a lake in which swim marine monsters and whose borders are occupied by fish and birds. Corblet informs that De Rossi [cf. Notes on Authors] has remarked the striking analogy he found between this imagery and that of a "vase baptismal du musée Kircher". (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 72). [NB: as pointed out in the Cognate Fonts section of this record, we found a personalised depiction of the rivers of Paradise in the mosaics of the mid-6th century sunken baptismal font at the Palestinian site of Mukheitem, in the commune of Jabaliyah -- cf. Index entry]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.288889, 6.950833
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 17′ 20″ N, 6° 57′ 3″ E
UTM: 6.950833

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: unknown

REFERENCES

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