Baux-de-Provence No. 1 / Lei Bauç de Provènça / Li Baus de Prouvènço / Les Baux

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: some of the plugs for anchoring the cover hardware to the rim are still in evidence

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Scene Description: listed in Palissy [ref.: PM13001064]: "dalle funéraire d'un officier de la maison du roi René [...] 15e siècle"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 10 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04052BAU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent

Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent of Saragosse

Church Location: place Saint-Vincent, 13520 Les Baux-de-Provence, France -- Phone: +33 4 90 54 34 39

Country Name: France

Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Directions to Site: Located at the D27-D27A crossroads, 3 km NE of Paradou, 15 kms NE of Arles

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Arles

Historical Region: Vallée des Baux

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S side, inside an alcove between the apse and the door

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: several other fonts which look exactly like well-heads

Church Notes: The church is chiefly from the 12th century; the font might be itself form the same date, although some sources claim an earlier date -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081209]

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as an 11th-century baptismal font "en forme de puits". On-site notes: this plain cylindrical unmounted font looks much like a well-head and like some of the fonts found inside the old baptisteries (e.g., Fréjus, etc.); it is devoid of any ornamentation and its back has been built into the wall. There are traces of the original (?) lid hinges on the upper rim at the back. [NB: there are two local chapels nearby, Sainte-Catherine and Saint-Blaise, the later said to date from the 12th century, but we have no information on any fonts in them].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.74361, 4.7944

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 44′ 37″ N, 4° 47′ 39.84″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 12-13 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 76-77 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 101-102 cm

Basin Depth: 54 cm

Basin Total Height: 78 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 78 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Notes: evidence of metal hinges on the rim of the basin, and groove to accommodate a flat round lid

REFERENCES

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