Aubeterre-sur-Dronne No. 1 / Albaterra / Aubaterra

Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019

Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2019)

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2018 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2019)

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: notice the stairs and the Greek-cross drainage channel

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)

view of basin - interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of basin - interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2018 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2019)

view of church exterior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of church exterior in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2018 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2019)

view of church interior

Scene Description: tunnel leading from the entrance to the so-called crypt

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of church interior - nave

Scene Description: the font is just off the image, bottom left corner

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of church interior - nave

Scene Description: the font is just off the image, bottom left corner

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of font - upper view

Scene Description: showing the Greek-cross channel and the steps on the right side

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Michel Claveyrolas, 2017

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 May 2015 by Michel Aveyrolas

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 13 September 2017)

view of font - upper view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mikel Unanue, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2018 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2019)

view of font in context

Scene Description: larger view of the font in relation to the nave and east end of the church interior

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)

view of font in context

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, 2011

Image Source: digital photograph taken by Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta

Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 14 April 2011)

INFORMATION

FontID: 17363AUB
Church/Chapel: Eglise troglodytique Saint-Jean-l'Evangéliste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Evangelist
Church Location: Eglise Souterraine Saint-Jean, Rue Saint Jean, 16390 Aubeterre sur Dronne, Tél: 05.45.98.65.06
Country Name: France
Location: Charente, Nouvelle-Aquitaine
Directions to Site: Located off the D10, 48 km from Angoulême
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angoulême [orig. Diocèse de Périgueux]
Historical Region: Angoumois
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, excavated in the ground
Century and Period: 7th - 8th century, Early Christian
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Daniel Garcia de la Cuesta, to Michel Aveyrolas and Mikel Unanue for their photographs of this church and font
Church Notes: the church is said to date from the 7th century; became parish church after 12thC, and remained son until 1794; -- L'église est ouverte tous les jours (excepté Noël et le jour de l'an) de 9h30 à 12h30 et de 14h 18h (jusqu'à 19h du 1er juin au 30 septembre) -- Adulte: € 5
This church, said to date from the 7th century, has a sunk baptismal font of the Early Christian type: a set of steps descends to a round opening that has a Greek-cross shaped drainage (?) canal at the bottom. The dating and function of this piscina are still under debate and study.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 278100 5017116

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]