Fronton / Frontonh
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view of font
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Image Source: digital image of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2001 by BSI
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view of font
Scene Description: straightened up and in its new location (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Didier Descouens, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2013 by Didier Descouens [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Fronton_-_Fonts_baptismaux.jpg] [accessed 22 October 2016]
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: showing the central drain and the small pocket on the upper left side
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view of basin - interior - detail
Scene Description: the small pocket welded to the interior side of the basin well -- may not have been part of the original design
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New Testament - Passion of Christ - Crucifixion - Mary - John the Evangelist
Scene Description: repeated on twenty-three panels around the basin sides
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angel - archangel - St. Michael and dragon
Scene Description: below the Crucifixion scene; repeated on twenty-three panels around the basin sides
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angel - cherub - 3
Scene Description: repeated on six panels around the basin sides
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: between the cherub groupings
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view of church exterior - west portal
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Image Source: digital image of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2001 by BSI
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view of church exterior - southeast end
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fronton, Haute-Garonne, France. L'église; l'abside et le clocher. Le clocher est une ancienne tour du "château" des Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem du XIIe Siècle."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Didier Descouens, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2013 by Didier Descouens [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Fronton_L'abside_et_le_clocher_de_l'église.jpg] [accessed 22 October 2016]
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view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Didier Descouens, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2013 by Didier Descouens [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Fronton_Façade_de_l'église.jpg] [accessed 22 October 2016]
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view of font in context
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Image Source: digital image of a digital photograph taken 7 June 2001 by BSI
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the font no longer visible at the east end of the nave
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Didier Descouens, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 August 2013 by Didier Descouens [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:Fronton_-_Eglise_vue_interieure.jpg] [accessed 22 October 2016]
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New Testament - Virgin Mary - Madonna with Christ-child
Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
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New Testament - Virgin Mary
Scene Description: the square pedestal is made of marble -- the church is dedicated to the Assumption of St. Mary
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04127FRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2001-06-07
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: lead font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre Dame de l'Assomption
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end of the nave, N side, by the altar
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: According to the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) this church belonged originally to the Order of St. John of Jerusalem, but was rebuilt in the 16th century -- original church consecrated 1119 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00094335]: "Une première église fut construite au 12e siècle et donnée aux Hospitaliers de Saint-Jean de Jérusalem qui établirent leur monastère à côté. Au 16e siècle, l'édifice est entièrement reconstruit."
Church Address: 31620 Fronton, France
Site Location: Haute-Garonne, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: On the D930/D13/D4, 21 km S of Montauban, 20 NW of Toulouse
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Toulouse
Historical Region: Le Frontonnais, Midi-Pyrénées
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the original 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) describes the baptismal font at Notre-Dame de Fronton as a lead font of the 16th century, its base ornamented with Madonna-and-Child, cherubs, etc.; the basin bears two registers of ornamentation, with scenes of the Crucifixion,St. Michael's fight with the dragon, etc. [Fronton entry by Victor Allègre in Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- , III A 59]. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM31000229]: "fonts baptismaux [...] plamb, marbre [pied] [...] 16e siècle". On-site notes: cylindrical lead basin mounted on a crooked 19th-century holder base. The sides of the basin have two registers: the upper register has twenty-three panels showing the St. Michael (George?)-with-dragon scene beneath a Crucifixion-with-Mary-and-John-in-attendance; the lower register has six panels showing three full-body cherubs -one frontal, two profiled- among foliage. The basin is in pretty good shape except for a few nicks and dents here and there. The inside of the basin well side has a mini-shelf/pocket which may have been destined to hold holy chrism (?)
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.840381, 1.38999
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 50′ 25.37″ N, 1° 23′ 23.96″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: metal (basin) -- stone (base), lead (basin) -- marble (base)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 1.5 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 65 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 66.5-67.5 cm* / 60 cm*
Basin Depth: 36 cm
Height of Basin Side: 37 cm
Basin Total Height: 37 cm
Height of Base: 79 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 116 cm* / 113 cm**
Notes on Measurements: BSI / ** Palissy [ref.: PM31000229]
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, III A 59