Aix-en-Provence No. 3

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - Gothic arches - 8 - columns

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 June 2001 by BSI

design element - motifs - trefoil

Scene Description: one in each spandrel of the blind arcade

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 June 2001 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the internal division of the well may not be original

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 June 2001 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 9 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 04916AIX

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale du Saint-Sauveur, Aix-en-Provence

Church Patron Saints: Our Saviour

Church Location: 34 Pl. des Martyrs de la Resistance, 13100 Aix-en-Provence, France -- Tel.: +33 4 42 23 45 65

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: In Aix-en-Provence, within the cathédral St-Sauveur grounds, between the cathedral itself, the cloister and another building.

Font Location in Church: In one of the sides of the baptistery, to the south of the main door

Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: octagonal stone baptismal font located to the south of the main dor of the baptistery; the plain wooden flat lid appears modern; there is a lead insert now in the basin well with 1/3 vs 2/3 partition; a metal band has been used to reinforce the basin sides, which have a large crack all around the lower half and another, partial and angled, on the right upper side. Wide octagonal plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.531944, 5.447222

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 31′ 55″ N, 5° 26′ 50″ E

UTM: 31T 697743 4822799

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: octagonal (unmounted)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: metal insert probably not original

Rim Thickness: 14-15 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 98 x 98 cm*

Basin Depth: 55-81 cm*

Height of Basin Side: 97 cm*

Basin Total Height: 97 cm*

Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 97 x 46 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 97 cm*

Font Height (with Plinth): 114 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 135 x 126 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *BSI on-site [NB: the lead insert is 31 cm deep, but the original depth is 55 cm at the sides and 81 cm at the centre of the basin well]

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal and flat; hinged in the middle; modern