Paris No. 19 / Lutetia Parisiorum

Results: 18 records

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view of basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior

Scene Description: the dark roof the medieval church can be seen behind the front building

Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 August 2009 by Howard/Morland [http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fichier:St_Germain_des_Pres.jpg] [accessed 20 November 2011]

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view of church exterior - portal

Image Source: engraving in Trésor_des_antiquités_de_la_couronne_de_France,_La_Haye 1724/1745 by Dom Bouillart.[http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_de_Saint-Germain-des-Pr%C3%A9s] [accessed 20 November 2011]

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view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior - portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the medieval church in the context of the abbey in the late-17th century

Image Source: engraving from a 1687 plate published by Achille Peigné-Delacourt in the Monasticum gallicanum (1870) [www.encyclopedie-universelle.com/mabillon.html] [accessed 20 November 2011]

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view of church interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - ceiling

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking southeast

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church interior - plan

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of church interior - statue

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

view of font cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 16 June 2011 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 17736PAR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Germain-des-Prés [formerly church of the Benedictine abbey]

Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]

Country Name: France

Location: Ville de Paris, Île-de-France

Directions to Site: Located in Place Saint-Germain des Pres (metro stop: Mabillon), in the 6th arrondissement

Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse métropolitain de Paris

Century and Period: 6th - 11th century, Early Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

The present baptismal is modern, consisting of a roundf moulded basin with floral/foliage motifs on the sides and a ribbed underbowl, raised on a round pedestal base. The metal cover is round and almost flat; also modern. [NB: a church may have existed on the site since the 6th century, date of the foundation of the original abbey; we have no information on the medieval font(s) from this church].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.853889, 2.334444

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 51′ 14″ N, 2° 20′ 4″ E

UTM: 31U 451177 5411427