Narbonne No. 1
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animal - amphibious - frog
Scene Description: showing the broken front leg
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 2006 by Wikiliz https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grenou-1-.jpg] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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animal - amphibious - frog
Scene Description: Mistral's famous "grenouille"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thierry de Villepin, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 March 2011 by Thierry de Villepin [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint-Paul_-_Narbonne.jpg] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Florent Pécassou, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 May 2007 by Florent Pécassou [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilique_Saint-Paul_(Narbonne,_11).JPG] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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view of church exterior - east view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tournasol7, 2014
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 22 September 2014 by Tournasol7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Basilique_Saint-Paul_de_Narbonne026.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 August 2011 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Narbonne_(11)_Basilique_Saint-Paul_03.JPG] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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view of stoup in context
Scene Description: by the south entranceway
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ingrid Sparbier, 2017
Image Source: undated digital photograph taken by Ingrid Sparbier [www.guide-sud-france.com/2015/07/30/la-grenouille-dans-le-bénitier/] [accessed 18 February 2017]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03917NAR
Object Type: Stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Ancienne collégiale Saint-Paul de Narbonne [ancienne basilique Saint-Paul-Serge]
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted on the right column, at the south entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Paul
Church Notes: original 5thC church destroyed by fire; present church 1180; modified 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th, 20th, 21stC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00102805]
Church Address: rue Dupleix et rue de l'Hôtel Dieu, 11100 Narbonne, France -- Tel.: +33 4 68 90 30 65
Site Location: Aude, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Narbonne is 55 kms N of Perpignan
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Additional Comments: frog stoup / animal stoup: cf. also the one at Dinan [and others] with fish swimming on the inside -- disappeared font? (the one(s) from the medieval church(es) here)
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in the Dictionnaire des églises de France (1966-) as one of the most famous stoups in France through its popularisation by the poet Frédéric Mistral. It is a wall-mounted shell-shaped stoup whose claim to fame comes from the cute frog carved at the bottom of the inside basin well. [NB: there are several fonts/stoups with fish carved on the inside of the basin well (e.g.: Dinan, etc.), but this is the only one known to have a frog in it]. The present font in this church is 18th-century, listed in Palissy [ref.: PM11000538]
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.1816, 2.99931
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 10′ 53.76″ N, 2° 59′ 57.52″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: shell-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: shell-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: shell-shaped
Drainage System: none
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, vol. 2, C104