Corte No. 2

Main image for Corte No. 2

Image copyright © Pierre Bona, 2016

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view of baptistery and church

Source caption: "Eglise et baptistère San Giovanni [...] vue générale des monuments depuis le Sud" -- the church in the centre of the image, the baptistery on the right
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise et baptistère San Giovanni [...] vue générale des monuments depuis le Sud" -- the church in the centre of the image, the baptistery on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph 2018 by Eléonore Bozzi [Image numérique native Numéro du négatif 20222B00009], in Mémoire [ref.: MHR94_20222B00009] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/MHR94_20222B00009]
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view of baptistery and church

Source captio: "Corse (France) - L'ensemble religieux (église et baptistère) de San Giovanni Battista, classé Monument historique" -- the ruins of the church on the left, the baptistery on th right
Scene Description: Source captio: "Corse (France) - L'ensemble religieux (église et baptistère) de San Giovanni Battista, classé Monument historique" -- the ruins of the church on the left, the baptistery on th right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Bona, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 13 April 2015 by Pierre Bona [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corte_ensemble_religieux_de_Saint-Jean.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2022]
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view of baptistery and church

Source caption: "Corse (France) - Façades occidentales de l'ensemble (église et baptistère) San Govanni Battista, classé Monument historique" -- the ruins of the church in the foreground, left side; the baptistery building in the background, right side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Corse (France) - Façades occidentales de l'ensemble (église et baptistère) San Govanni Battista, classé Monument historique" -- the ruins of the church in the foreground, left side; the baptistery building in the background, right side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pierre Bona, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 19 January 2016 by Pierre Bona [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Corte_ensemble_San_Giovanni_Battista_façade_occidentale.jpg] [accessed 15 September 2022]
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view of baptistery exterior - east view

Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1964 B&W Tirage photographique Numéro du négatif 12r056483, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R056483] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R056483] [accessed 15 September 2022]
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view of baptistery exterior - northwest end

Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1964 B&W Tirage photographique Numéro du négatif 12r056484, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R056484] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R056484] [accessed 15 September 2022]
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view of baptistery exterior - southeast view

Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Ensemble religieux de San Giovanni [...] Baptistère"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1964 B&W Tirage photographique Numéro du négatif 12r056482, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R056482] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R056482] [accessed 15 September 2022]
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INFORMATION

FontID: 04045COR
Object Type: Baptismal Font2
Church/Chapel: Basilique Saint-Jean (baptistery)
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: 32 Saint-Jean, 20250 Corte, France
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Corse, Corsica / Corse
Directions to Site: Corte is the old capital of Corsica; located at the confluence of the T20, T50, D18 and D39, about 70 km SW of Bastia, on the upper half of the island.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Ajaccio
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th century, Late Romanesque
Church Notes: 10thC church and 13thC baptistery listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099194]: "L'église (10e siècle) et le baptistère (13e siècle) sont tous deux construits en petites pierres cassées, liées au mortier de chaux. L'édifice présentait un plan basilical à trois nefs, dont il ne subsiste que l'abside. Le baptistère voisin conserve son abside et, prises dans la maçonnerie, ses deux absidioles. Aux abords, le terrain conserve les ruines d'une maison forte du 9e siècle."
Font Notes:
One of three Corsican baptisteries noted in Salet Francis' Trois baptistères des XIe et XIIe siècles en Corse (IIe partie) [compte-rendu], in the Bulletin Monumental (1958, 116-1: pp. 59-60) [https://www.persee.fr/doc/bulmo_0007-473x_1958_num_116_1_8758_t1_0059_0000_3] [accessed 15 September 2022]. Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as a little trefoil-shaped baptistery situated a few yards from the apse of the church; the font itself used to be in the centre of the building. There is a listing of both th echurch and the baptistery in Mérimée [ref.: PA00099194]; it dates the church to the 10th century and the adjacent baptistery to the 13th century; the source qualifies these remains as 'vestiges [...] Ensemble religieux ; site archéologique". A cylindrical tub font basin remains among the ruins [cf. ImagesArea]; rests directly on the ground. No cover present.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 42.294028, 9.167222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 42° 17′ 38.5″ N, 9° 10′ 2″ E
UTM: 32T 513785 4682436

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: cylindrical (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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