Uzes No. 1 / Uzès
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B01: design element - motifs - roll moulding - 2 - parallel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 December 2004 and supplied by Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 December 2005)
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Scene Description: note the damage to the sides and rim
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 December 2004 and supplied by Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 December 2005)
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 December 2004 and supplied by Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 16 December 2005)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 11359UZE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit à Uzès
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Theodoret of Antioch [aka Theodoritus of Uzès] [4thC Syrian martyr] [feast day 22/23 October]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103250]: "12e siècle ; 17e siècle ; 19e siècle"
Church Address: 3 Pl. de l'Évêché, 30700 Uzès, France -- Tel.: +33 4 66 22 13 26
Site Location: Gard, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Uzès is located off the D981, about 35 km WNW of Avignon. The cathedral is located in Le Portalet, towards the Promenade Racine
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nîmes, Uzès et Alès
Historical Region: Languedoc-Roussillon
Additional Comments: damaged font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Tub-shaped baptismal font of rather crude workmanship and now in an appalling state of repair; the large basin is shaped like a bucket and is decorated with two very thick roll mouldings toward the upper basin sides; these mouldings are now badly broken, and the upper sides of the basin are missing large chunks of stone [NB: though we have no information to document it, it looks like this font has been used as a farm implement [trough?] and suffered badly from such use and from exposure to the elements].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 614003 4874183
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 44.011944, 4.422222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 44° 0′ 43″ N, 4° 25′ 20″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: some of the damage on the the two opposite sides of the rim is evidence of the presence of an earlier cover anchorings there