Rouen No. 4

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Results: 12 records

LID01: Apostle or saint - St. Catherine of Siena

Scene Description: Source caption: "Female saint representing St Catherine of Siena. She holds a heart in her left hand and holds a crucifix in her right (though without visible rays) in an image that is reminiscent of those of St Francis of Assisi. Like him St Catherine received the pain of the stigmata although not the physical injury."

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Image Source: digital image in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London [ref.: 723-1895] [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128239/font-cover-unknown/] [accessed 12 June 2017]

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LID02: New Testament - John 5: 4 - the Pool of Bethesda

Scene Description: Source caption: "An angel and a woman at an ornate renaissance fountain, representing the angel troubling the water of the Pool of Bethesda"

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LID03: New Testament - John 4: 1-29 - The Samaritan woman at the well

Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ and the woman of Samaria, John iv. 1-26"

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LID04: New Testament - John 3: 1-8 - Jesus meets Nicodemus

Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ meets Nicodemus the Pharisee at night, John iii.1-5ff (No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born from water and spirit. v.5) "

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LID05: New Testament - Acts 8: 26-40 - Philip baptises the eunuch

Scene Description: Source caption: "St Philip Baptising the Eunuch Acts viii, 26-40 (culminates in baptism of the eunuch) "

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LID06: New Testament - Luke 3: 7-14 - John preaches baptism

Scene Description: Source caption: "Man with distinctive hat, in ‘kilt’ and cloak, with sword, making a shape with his hands. The costume may be representative of a Roman soldier's garb. In Luke 3, 7-14 (a narrative largely concerned with baptism), when tax collectors and soldiers came forward to be baptised we read that "Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?". And he said to them, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages."

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LID07: New Testament - Matthew 21: 25 - on the baptism of John

Scene Description: Source caption: "Christ asking the Chief Priests and Scribes concerning the Baptism of John Matthew xxi, 25"

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LID08: New Testament - Matthew 4: 17

Scene Description: Source caption: "Man in distinctive hat and cloak holding a scroll. He could be representative of God's voice - "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 4, 17) - at the time of Our Lord's baptism."

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view of font cover

Scene Description: on the board behind the cover are the museum code and the dimensions of the object

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view of font cover

Scene Description: notice that the cut end at the top has drilled holes; that end would have been where the finial [now missing] was attached

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view of font cover - inside view

Scene Description: showing the construction details and the four holes which would fit the staples in the upper rim of the font

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view of font cover - upper view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21260ROU
Museum and Inventory Number: Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Rd, Knightsbridge, London SW7 2RL, UK
Church/Chapel: [original church unknown]
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Rouen
Baptismal font cover exhibited at the Medieval & Renaissance, Room 50b, The Paul and Jill Ruddock Gallery, case FS, Victoria and Albert Museum [ref.: 723-1895] [http://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O128239/font-cover-unknown/] [accessed 12 June 2017]. The Museum notes: "Dome-shaped font cover divided into eight compartments by moulded ribs which radiate from a knop at the apex to the octagonal base. The quatrefoil knop - with holes, probably for the fixing of a chain - has two lion's masks and two cherubs' heads, with a pierced octagonal upper tier, and appears to represent a quatrefoil renaissance fountain, with the 'water' surface represented by irregular cuts in the wood [...] Each panel is formed of two planks, glue-joined, the elements probably all cut from a single long plank (about 250cm long). The curve has been achieved by cutting away from a thicker plank (about 6-8cm). The lower rail is tenoned together. Each curved rib (with grooves to receive the panels) is symmetrically moulded with a ogee moulding. The eight triangular panels contain the following scenes: 1 Female saint representing St Catherine of Siena. She holds a heart in her left hand and holds a crucifix in her right (though without visible rays) in an image that is reminiscent of those of St Francis of Assisi. Like him St Catherine received the pain of the stigmata although not the physical injury. 2 An angel and a woman at an ornate renaissance fountain, representing the angel troubling the water of the Pool of Bethesda (John chap. 5 v.4) 3 Christ and the woman of Samaria, John iv. 1-26 4 Christ meets Nicodemus the Pharisee at night, John iii.1-5ff (No one can enter the kingdom of God without being born from water and spirit. v.5) 5 St Philip Baptising the Eunuch Acts viii, 26-40 (culminates in baptism of the eunuch) 6 Man with distinctive hat, in ‘kilt’ and cloak, with sword, making a shape with his hands. The costume may be representative of a Roman soldier's garb. In Luke 3, 7-14 (a narrative largely concerned with baptism), when tax collectors and soldiers came forward to be baptised we read that "Soldiers also asked him, "And we, what shall we do?". And he said to them, "Rob no one by violence or by false accusation, and be content with your wages." 7 Christ asking the Chief Priests and Scribes concerning the Baptism of John Matthew xxi, 25 8 Man in distinctive hat and cloak holding a scroll. He could be representative of God's voice - "This is my beloved Son, with whom I am well pleased" (Matthew 4, 17) - at the time of Our Lord's baptism. One charming detail is the rendering of the knop of the cover (a structural necessity) as a quatrefoil fountain with a stylised water surface, taking up the theme of water inherent in the function of a font." The Museum further notes: "In the V&A Peyre papers, this font cover is listed in the typed Inventory of the contents ..., as no. 157 valued at £200 and listed in room D on the plan, being the small room at the back of the house, overlooking the garden. An attribution to Normandy (Rouen school) can be made on the basis of similarities in style and handling of the drapery, the hair and the refined arabesques composed of fleshy lobes and stems with a coffer. See Laurence Fligny, Le Mobilier en Picardie. (Picardie, 1990). (Musee de Rouen, illustrated in Thirion, Le Mobilier du Moyen Age et de la Renaissance en France, 1998, p.77), dressoir (Musee des Arts Decoratifs, illustrated in Boccador, Le mobilier francais du Moyen Age a la Renaissance, 1988, ill.57) and panels showing Judith with the head of Holofernes (Musee de Louviers). Another, similar font cover survives in the church of Saint-Riquier, Somme. The sources for the panels might be found in the illustrations in contemporary French books of hours." The Museum gives the measurements as "Height: 48 cm, Diameter: 103.5 cm, Weight: 15 kg", identifies the wood as oak, suggests a date "1520-1550", and proposes a place of origin as "Rouen (possibly, made)". [NB: we have no information on the font to which this cover belonged] [cf. Index entry for Rouen No. 3 for a font cover of somewhat similar type now in the Musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen [http://mbarouen.fr/en/oeuvres/baptismal-font-cover] [accessed 12 June 2017], originally from the disappeared church of Saint-Etiennes des Tonneliers, Rouen].

LID INFORMATION

Date: mid-16th century?