Hauteroche / Hauteroche nr. Montbard / Alta Roca / Alta Rocha

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Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font on its way to the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph by Chantal Grimoldi in Le Bien Public [https://www.bienpublic.com/culture-loisirs/2023/11/02/l-eglise-saint-aubin-retrouve-ses-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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animal - mammal - bovine? - head

Scene Description: seen here in the centre, between two human heads and two standing figures

Image Source: digital photograph in Fondation du Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/objets-mobiliers-eglise-de-hauteroche] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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animal - mammal - lion - passant-gardant - 2 - tails linked

Scene Description: their tails forming a complex interlace

Image Source: digital photograph in Fondation du Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/objets-mobiliers-eglise-de-hauteroche] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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human figure - head - negroid features

Scene Description: two such seen here between the animal head and the corner figures

Image Source: digital photograph in Fondation du Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/objets-mobiliers-eglise-de-hauteroche] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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human figure - standing - Negroid features

Scene Description: two such seen here at the corners

Image Source: digital photograph in Fondation du Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/objets-mobiliers-eglise-de-hauteroche] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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information

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cet autel , inscrit sous le numéro 31753, se trouve actuellement dans la chapelle du château de Saint Germain en Laye."

Image Source: digital image of content [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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view of basin - detail

Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph in Gischia (1939)

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view of church exterior

Scene Description: Source caotion: "Extérieur de l'église Saint-Aubin de Hauteroche"

Image Source: digital photograph 20 Fberuary 2021 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Hauteroche_(21)_Église_Saint-Aubin_-_Extérieur_-_01.jpg] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of church interior - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph by Ch.B. in Le Bien Public [https://www.bienpublic.com/culture-loisirs/2023/04/21/la-1re-phase-de-la-restauration-du-mobilier-de-l-eglise-est-lancee] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font

Scene Description: the medieval font as displayed in the Musée des antiquités nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font during its installation in the parish church

view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font

Image Source: digital photograph by DR in Le Bien Public [https://www.bienpublic.com/culture-loisirs/2023/11/02/l-eglise-saint-aubin-retrouve-ses-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica of the medieval font now installed in the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph by C.B. in Le Bien Public [https://www.bienpublic.com/culture-loisirs/2023/11/25/le-baptistere-suscite-joie-et-fierte] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font prior to its installation in the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font prior to its installation in the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font during its installation in the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the replica copy of the medieval font during its installation in the parish church

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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view of object

Scene Description: plaster moulds used in the making of the replica copy of the font

Image Source: digital photograph in the Commune de Hauteroche en Côte d'Or [https://www.hauteroche.fr/] [accessed 28 March 2024]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 04551HAU

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée des antiquités nationales, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aubin de Hauteroche

Church Patron Saints: St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]

Church Location: Rue de l'Église, 21150 Hauteroche, France

Country Name: France

Location: Côte-d'Or, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté

Directions to Site: Located off the D10E (between the D9 and the D10), 13 km SE of Montbard, 35-40 km NW of Dijon. The Musée des antiquités nationales is in St-Germain-en-Laye, 10 km from Paris

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Dijon

Historical Region: Pays d'Alésia et de la Seine

Font Location in Church: [In a museum]

Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: a replica copy now installed in the church

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font

Church Notes: original church documented 992; present nave of 14th-15thC; present chancel and tower of 1647; apse re-built 1830; church restored 1977-1988

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Gischia (1939) as a former altar hollowed out and re-used as baptismal font; quadrangular in shape at the top, it has a plain vertical rim under which are human figures at the corners and human and animal heads on the sides; most of the humans have negroid features; one of the animal heads could be that of a bovine, while two others, their bodies almost invisible now, appear to be lions with their tails linked in an interlace. The Hauteroche municipal site [https://www.hauteroche.fr/le-village-son-eglise-son-chateau] [accessed 28 March 2024] that only the stone plinth of the 11th-12th century font remains in the church, in the lower-left area of the nave, the font itself having been transferred to the Musée National de St Germain en Laye in 1878 "dans des circonstances plus ou moins obscures". The same source [https://www.hauteroche.fr/le-blason-le-baptistere] [accessed 28 March 2024] notes and illustrates the medieval font carved out of an 11th-century altar: "Un autel évidé du XIème siècle orné de sculpture d’hommes et d’animaux était installé dans l’église d’Hauteroche (21150) jusque dans les années 1880. Cet autel , inscrit sous le numéro 31753, se trouve actuellement dans la chapelle du château de Saint Germain en Laye." The original font [in a museum since 1878] is noted and illustrated in Fondation de Patrimoine [https://www.fondation-patrimoine.org/les-projets/objets-mobiliers-eglise-de-hauteroche] [accessed 28 March 2024], during the funding campaign for the restoration of the church and the creation of a replica of the baptismal font: "Le projet : restaurer [...] les œuvres d'art de l'église Saint-Aubin [...] Un second volet du projet a pour objectif la réalisation d'une copie grandeur nature des précieux fonts baptismaux en pierre, du XIe siècle. Aujourd'hui conservés en la chapelle royale du château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye, siège du Musée d'Archéologie nationale, ils avaient été retirés au XIXe siècle lors de travaux. Devant l'impossibilité de récupérer l'original, une copie à l'identique en pierre sera installée à l'emplacement d'origine." News of a replica copy being made of the original 11th-century font appeared in an article by Chantal Blancher, 3 November 2023, in Le Bien Public [https://www.bienpublic.com/culture-loisirs/2023/11/02/l-eglise-saint-aubin-retrouve-ses-fonts-baptismaux] [accessed 28 March 2024]: "Une réplique du baptistère du XIe siècle de l’église d’Hauteroche, si original et si surprenant par ses motifs primitifs, sera à l’honneur dans les prochains jours. L’œuvre, réalisée par un artisan local, vient d’être installée dans l’édifice. Elle sera inaugurée le 18 novembre. Impressionnant par sa taille, son poids et son âge, le vieux baptistère a eu un destin hors du commun. Passionnée d’histoire, Chantal Grimoldi (sur la photo) en a suivi toutes les étapes. Une copie a été créée, l’original étant au château de Saint-Germain-en-Laye." The same source notes that the replica copy was installed in the local parish church. Videos of the transport and installation of the replica copy in the parish church by Dominique Blandin at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rw62RY_eEfg and at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Mc3hyur2Qo [accessed 28 March 2024]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.500707, 4.580014

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 30′ 2.54″ N, 4° 34′ 48.05″ E

UTM: 31T 618993 5262018

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: quadrangular

Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular

REFERENCES

Gischia, Arts primitifs français, Paris: Éditions arts et métiers graphiques, 1939