Aix-en-Provence No. 2
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03769AIX
Object Type: Baptismal Font3
Date Visited: 2001-06-09
Font Century and Period/Style: 5th century, Early Christian
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale du Saint-Sauveur, Aix-en-Provence
Font Location in Church: South side of the western door
Church Patron Saint(s): Our Saviour
Church Address: 34 Pl. des Martyrs de la Resistance, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France -- Tel.: +33 4 42 23 45 65
Site Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In Aix-en-Provence, within the cathédral St-Sauveur grounds, between the cathedral itself, the cloister and another building.
Font Notes:
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The octagonal "cuve baptismale" itself is right at the centre of the baptistery building (this "cuve" is dated by Enlart (1902) to the 14th century, and by Corblet (1881-1882) to the 13th or 14th century. As in Frejus, there is a tub-shaped font or well under one of the arches of the baptistery. Delcor (1973) dates this font "dans ses parties anciennes" to the 4th or 5th century. On-site notes: the present remains of the sunken piscina is a brick-lined octagonal cavity of 185 x 167 cm at its widest angles and 77 cm deep. Ferguson (2009) gives slightly different measurements.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 697743 4822799
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.531944, 5.447222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 31′ 55″ N, 5° 26′ 50″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: brick, brick
Font Shape: sunken font, octagonal
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: two drain holes
Drainage Notes: The drain holes are located on the bottom, close to one side
Diameter (inside rim): 135 cm**
Basin Depth: 77 cm [83 cm* / 77 cm*]
Trapezoidal Basin: 185 x 167 cm*
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site / ** Ferguson (2009) gives two depths for the two different phases of the font -- he gives the outer diameter at 135 cm
REFERENCES
- 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: p. 109-117
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 51
- Delcor, M., "Les cuves romanes et leur figuration en Roussillon, Cerdagne et Conflent", 4, Cahiers Saint-Michel-de-Cuxa, 1973, pp. 96-109, 4 pl.; p. 97
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 773 footnote 1
- Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009, p. 843
- 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
- Phaidon, Provence and the Côte d'Azur: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986, p. 10
- Tyrrell-Green, E., Baptismal Fonts Classified and Illustrated, London: Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge: The Macmillan Co., 1928, p. 14