Arles No. 3
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04922ARL
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: column, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Trophime d'Arles
Font Location in Church: In the cloister
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Trophimus of Arles [aka Thrôphime, Trophemus, Trófimo]
Church Notes: church built 12thC on a 5thC Early Christian basilica -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081139] -- The church of St-Trophime has a remarkable 12thC. portal and a cloister described as "a real book in stone" [source: France: a Phaidon Cultural Guide (1985: 45)]
Church Address: 12 rue du Cloître, 13200 Arles, France -- Tel.: +33 4 90 96 07 38
Site Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France, Europe
Directions to Site: The church of St-Trophime is located in the place de la République, opposite the Musée lapidaire, not far from both the Roman Theatre and Amphitheatre.
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: made out of a square column ornamented with early-Gothic (?) trefoil arches that has been hollowed out; the column to the right of it is probably what the stoup looked like before.
Font Notes:
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This holy-water stoup is located in one of the corners of the cloister; it is made out of a square column ornamented with early-Gothic (?) trefoil arches that has been hollowed out; the column to the right of it is probably what the stoup looked like before.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 631236 4837250
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.676667, 4.628056
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 40′ 36″ N, 4° 37′ 41″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Notes on Measurements: No measurements taken