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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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)
INFORMATION
FontID: 11359UZE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Théodorit
Church Patron Saints: [Theodoric? Theodore? which?]
Country Name: France
Location: Gard, Occitanie
Directions to Site: The cathedral is located in Le Portalet, towards the Promenade Racine -- Uzès is located WNW of Avignon, in the direction of Alès
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
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]. [We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, for the photographs of this font]
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