Eze / Èze

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coat of arms

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coat of arms - House of Savoy

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coat of arms - Barthélemy Chuet

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

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design element - patterns - gadrooned

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design element - patterns - ribbed

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design element - patterns - ribbed - diagonal - with inserts

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view of church exterior

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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view of church exterior in context

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of font in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03689EZE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: 06360 Èze, France -- Tel.: +33 4 93 41 00 38

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: Located off (S) the M-6007 [aka Moyenne Corniche], In the canton de Villefranche-sur-Mer, arrondissement de Nice, W of Monaco

Font Location in Church: West end, south side, in a little alcove/chapel enclosed by a low railing

Century and Period: 15th century (late), Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font

Church Notes: original church 12thC; 18thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00080720] -- According to the town's pamphlet "Eze 2001-2002", the site of Eze goes back to the Celto-Ligurians. The church itself was, according to the same source, rebuilt in the 18th century and has a Classical exterior and a Baroque interior with few traces of the earlier periods of its history.

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Hemispheric mounted font dated to the late 15th century. The basin has ribbed pattern on which appear superimposed shields bearing coats of arms; the latter are identified in the source [cf. infra] as belonging to the House of Savoy and to Barthélemy Chuet, abbé of Saint-Pons and bishop of Nice, as well as another one bearing the arms of the unidentified donnor. (Le patrimoine des communes des Alpes-Maritimes, 2000, v. 2, p. 1024). The pedestal of the base has fluted motif broken in its middle by a horizontal braided motif, a motif repeated where base and underbowl meet. On-site notes: all the above confirmed; the basin appears to have been polished or re-worked recently, but this may have just been a thorough cleaning. [NB: this town has a public fountain that is originally from the cloister of Saint-Michel-de-Cuixa, according to Catalunya romànica (1984- , vol. VII: 392-393) -- the other one is in the Philadelphia Mueum of Art, in the U.S.]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.728566, 7.361698

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 43′ 42.84″ N, 7° 21′ 42.11″ E

UTM: 32T 368052 4843030

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: hemispherical (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 6-7 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 73 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 87 cm

Basin Depth: 26 cm

Basin Total Height: 56 cm

Height of Base: 50 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

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

Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, Catalunya romànica, Barcelona: Fundació Enciclopèdia Catalana, 1984-