Bar-le-Duc No. 1

Main image for Bar-le-Duc No. 1

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1974 B&W photograph [Numéro du tirage 55W00123] by R. Garcès [Mémoire AP55W00123] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM55000751] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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design element - patterns - gadrooned

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1974 B&W photograph [Numéro du tirage 55W00123] by R. Garcès [Mémoire AP55W00123] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM55000751] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of church exterior - northeast view - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bar-le-Duc - Eglise Saint-Etienne vue du chevet"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © MOSSOT, 2005
Image Source: edited detail of a 12 June 2005 digital photograph by MOSSOT [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-le-Duc_-_Eglise_Saint-Etienne_-197-1.jpg] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of church exterior in context - northwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Etienne sur la Place saint-Pierre en ville-haute"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ketounette, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 July 2016 by Ketounette [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Place_Saint-Pierre_Bar-le-Duc.jpg] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west

Scene Description: Source caption: " Nef de l'église Saint-Étienne de Bar-le-Duc. En dessous des baies vitrées se trouve la clôture délimitant la chapelle de Stainville."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Clemclar, 2015
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 June 2015 by Clemclar [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bar-le-Duc_-_Église_Saint-Étienne_-_Nef.jpg] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font inside the 16thC baptismal chapel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1974 B&W photograph [Numéro du tirage 55W00123] by R. Garcès [Mémoire AP55W00123] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM55000751] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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design element - motifs - garland

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1974 B&W photograph [Numéro du tirage 55W00123] by R. Garcès [Mémoire AP55W00123] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM55000751] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: all around
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine (objets mobiliers), 2022
Image Source: digital image of a 1974 B&W photograph [Numéro du tirage 55W00123] by R. Garcès [Mémoire AP55W00123] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/PM55000751] [accessed 5 May 2022]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 23909BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Collégiale Saint-Étienne de Bar-le-Duc [Église Saint-Etienne ancienne collégiale Saint-Pierre]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel, SW end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen [formerly St. Peter]
Church Notes: church early-14thC (1315-1520); dedicated to St Peter until 1630; changed dedication to St Stephen in 18thC, after the Revolution; -- listed church in Mérimée [ref.: PA00106466]
Church Address: pl. Saint-Pierre, 55000 Bar-le-Duc, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located at the busy confluence of roads D635, D646, D152, D694, D994, D1916 and the N135, about 60 kn WNW of Nancy. This church is located in the Haute Ville
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Verdun
Historical Region: Lorraine
Additional Comments: painted font (the present font is covered in marbling paint) -- disappeared font (the one from the 14thC church here)
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM55000751]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Bas-côté sud ; petite chapelle ouest, la 1ère [...] Ces fonts sont peints imitation marbre gris veiné de blanc. Ils sont formés d'une grande cuve au centre et de deux petites cuves de chaque côté [...] 16e siècle [...] Dimensions normalisées: H = 120 ; la = 120 ; l = 240". [NB: we have no information on the original font of the 14th-century church here].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are gratefuk to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 658669 5403937
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.7682, 5.15937
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 46′ 5.52″ N, 5° 9′ 33.73″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: quatrefoil, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: quatrefoiled
Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 120 x 240 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM55000751]

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: low-dome shape with cross finial