Barjols / Barjòu
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Christ - Agnus Dei - passant - with cross and banner
Scene Description: passant to the right; in a scroll and foliage frame, front side of the basin
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design element - motifs - scroll
Scene Description: mixed with foliage motif ornamentation
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: mixed with scroll ornamentation
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design element - patterns - ribbed - concave
Scene Description: all around the underbowl
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view of basin - interior
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view of basin - upper view
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view of church exterior - portal - tympanum
![Late-Romanesque (?) tympanum from an earlier portal here [cf. Fevrier Paul-Albert. Fragments romans de la collégiale de Barjols (Var). In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 117, n°3, année 1959. pp. 203-220. DOI : 10.3406/bulmo.1959.3859 -- www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1959_num_117_3_3859 ]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/BAR0106516_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Late-Romanesque (?) tympanum from an earlier portal here [cf. Fevrier Paul-Albert. Fragments romans de la collégiale de Barjols (Var). In: Bulletin Monumental, tome 117, n°3, année 1959. pp. 203-220. DOI : 10.3406/bulmo.1959.3859 -- www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1959_num_117_3_3859 ]
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view of church exterior - west tower
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view of church exterior - portal
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view of church exterior - capital
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GFreihalter, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2011 by GFreihalter [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Barjols_Notre-Dame_Kapitell_905.JPG] [accessed 29 July 2016]
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animal - mammal - lion - claw - 4
Scene Description: one at each corner of the square lower base
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inscription
![AW? [i.e., Alpha-Omega?]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/BAR0101129_compressed.png)
Scene Description: AW? [i.e., Alpha-Omega?]
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inscription
Scene Description: with the 1595 date
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03771BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-13
Font Date: 1595
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne église collégiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption / Église collégiale Notre-Dame dite aussi collégiale Saint-Marcel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a chapel on the S side, near the W door
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: original church here 1014; The Phaidon guide to the Provence..., 1986, p. 52 points out an interesting Romanesque relief from the former tympanum now at the antependium of the altar of St. Marcellus, in the left aisle: Majestas Domini with "hand of God" [cf. Images section for illustration] -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081537] as a church of the 14th, 17th and 18thC
Church Address: rue des Jardins, 83670 Barjols, France -- Tel.: 04 94 77 00 43
Site Location: Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D554, 5 km S of Tavernes, 70 kms NE of Aix-en-Provence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Fréjus-Toulon
Historical Region: Provence Verdon
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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On-site notes: the hemispheric basin has a wide band of scroll and foliage ornamentation on the upper half, with an Agnus Dei inside one of the scrolls on the front side; the lower part and underbowl are ornamented with a blind concave arcade; the upper surface of the rim has a single groove all around. The short base has a cylindrical upper part on which appear a date (1595?) and two letters (the "A" is clear but the other one could be a "W" or omega, a "V" or even an "N" -- cf. Image section for an illustration]; the lower base is square with claw motif at each corner. Information available at this church reports a restoration of this font in 1826 and another in 1860; repairs are visible on the inside well of the basin; the old lid hinges are broken, which may have caused some the breakage. The entry for this church in the diocese web site [www.diocese-frejus-toulon.com/Barjols-Notre-Dame-de-l-Assomption.html] [accessed 29 July 2016] states: "vasque des fonts baptismaux, qui portent le millésime de 1395", but the reading of the date must be wrong, as the font uses Renaissance-style decoration.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 258362 4827040
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.557173, 6.008319
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 33′ 25.82″ N, 6° 0′ 29.95″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: the inside of the well was restored in the 19th century; no lining
Rim Thickness: 15 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 80 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 110 cm
Basin Depth: 50 cm
Basin Total Height: 75 cm
Height of Base: 30 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: letters and numbers
Inscription Location: on the sides of the pedestal base
Inscription Text: "1595" / "A (?) W (?)"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: images area
LID INFORMATION
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Phaidon, Provence and the Côte d'Azur: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, Oxford: Phaidon Press, 1986, p. 52