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view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by BSI

view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2011 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 17737BOR

Museum and Inventory Number: Musée d'Aquitaine

Church/Chapel: [originally from the chapel of the ancient hospice for abandoned children]

Country Name: France

Location: Gironde, Nouvelle-Aquitaine

Directions to Site: Located on 20 cours Pasteur, in the city centre, near the cathedral

Font Location in Church: [in a museum -- originally from a children's hospice chapel]

Century and Period: 18th century,

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Baptismal font displayed in the Musée d'Aquitaine, Bordeaux with date in the 18th century; oval basin with two inner wells and three smaller wells for the holy oils, etc., of a design common in France since the late-16th century. The museum label records its origin in the chapel of the ancient hospice for abandoned children, and notes that "up until the French Revolution, all abandoned children were automatically baptised as son as they arrived at the hospital" [in English, on the label] -- [the font was deposited in the museum by the CHU [Centre hospitalier universitaire]]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.83564, -0.57497

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 50′ 8.3″ N, 0° 34′ 29.89″ W

UTM: 30T 691676 4967553

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pink)

Font Shape: oval (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: oval

Basin Exterior Shape: ovel

Drainage Notes: only one of the basins has the drain hole