Antibes No. 3

Results: 13 records

Christ - monogram - IHS - with arrows

the H has a Latin potent cross on it; there are three arrows pinted up below the monogram; the whole is inscribed in a frame, not a shield proper, and has a six-pointed star to each side

Scene Description: the H has a Latin potent cross on it; there are three arrows pinted up below the monogram; the whole is inscribed in a frame, not a shield proper, and has a six-pointed star to each side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

animal - fish

Scene Description: carved on the lower sides of the 20thC font in use

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

animal - fish

Scene Description: carved on the lower sides of the 20thC font in use

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

design element - patterns - gadrooned

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

information

Image Source: field-notes taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

Copyright Instructions: NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

inscription

Scene Description: 1722

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

symbol - cross - Latin - on a step

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: with the 1722 font in it

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the 20thC font in use

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the 20thC font in use

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 1722 font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 14 June 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Source caption: "Baptistère de forme ovoïde, couvercle en bronze, pied en marbre massif daté de 1722. Grille en fer forgé du XIX° siècle."

Scene Description: Source caption: "Baptistère de forme ovoïde, couvercle en bronze, pied en marbre massif daté de 1722. Grille en fer forgé du XIX° siècle."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 December 2014 by Rvalette [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Antibes-Cathédrale-bénitier.jpg] [accessed 22 July 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 03670ANT

Object Type: Baptismal Font1?

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Notre-Dame-Sainte-Marie-de-la-Place [aka Cathédrale Notre-Dame-de-la-Platea d'Antibes]

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 1 Rue du Saint-Esprit, 06600 Antibes, France

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: In the old part of town

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nice

Church Notes: the 1722 font is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM06001322]

Font Notes: Click to view

NB: [we have no information on the font(s) from the earlier [5th-13thC] churches here]. On-site notes: early 18th-century (1722) oval font with very large ribbed pattern raised on a very short base. The round basin has a wide lip at the rim and a deep scotia under it; plate with the date 1722 appears on the front of the upper rim; on the right, the initials IHS; on the left, a heart; at the back, a pilgrim shell; below that, a deep ribbed patern covers all the basin and the underbowl. The base has several mouldings on which appears a small Crucifixion as ornamentation. The lid is a medium dome made of copper. It is a very large and imposing font, some of which effect is probably due to its size, the large ribs and the brown hue of the marble. There is one more font in this church, the one in current use, a modern one of the 20th century; it is a monolithic round vessel of taperings sides which has the lower third carved with fish symbols all around. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.581219, 7.128228

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 34′ 52.39″ N, 7° 7′ 41.62″ E

UTM: 32T 348879 4827063

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (red/brown)

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: oval (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: oval

Rim Thickness: 21 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 102 x 65 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 143 x 107 cm

Basin Depth: 37 cm

Basin Total Height: 55 cm

Height of Base: 50 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [measurements of the 1722 font]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Notes: The date 1722 is inscribed on the front of the modern font

Inscription Location: upper rim of the basin, right-hand side, of the modern font

Inscription Text: "IHS"

Inscription Source: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th century?

Material: metal, copper

Notes: Dome-shaped copper lid; no finial [on the modern font]

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000