Uzes No. 2 / Uzès
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view of font in context
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design element - motifs - moulding
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)
design element - motifs - floral - flower
Scene Description: a band of, all around the large moulding
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)
virtues and vices - theological virtues - Faith, Hope and Charity
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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: 11360UZE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century
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 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
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 18th or 19th century consisting of a round moulded basin raised on a thin cylindrical shaft around which are the figures of three children standing face-out and holding hands; the whole is raised on a polygonal lower base. There is low-dome cover which appears to have a hinged side opening for access to its interior. Listed as a baptismal font in Palissy [ref.: PM30001277]: "Fonts baptismaux en marbre et métal supportés par un groupe sculpté en pierre représentant des vertus : la Foi, l'Espérance et la Charité [...] Pierre ; marbre [...] 18e siècle ; 19e siècle [...] H = 155 [...] Groupe sculpté très érodé ; grille disparue, une partie du couvercle manque." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP30W02169]
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, marble
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th - 18th (?)
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.