Marseille No. 4

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Results: 7 records

view of church exterior - east view - detail

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tanya Dedyukhina, 2012

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 2 June 2012 by Tanya Dedyukhina [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Марсель_-_panoramio_(12).jpg] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of church exterior - west view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbaye Saint Victor à Marseille"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Guiguilacagouille, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 14 August 2013 by Guiguilacagouille [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_St_Victor_2.JPG] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of church interior - plan

Scene Description: Source caption: "Plan de l'abbaye de Saint-Victor à Marseille. Fond de plan extrait du Congrés archéologique de France tenue à Aix-en-Provence en 1932 (Paris, Picard, 1933)" -- the southeast corner chapel, #12 on the plan, houses the old well-head serving as baptismal font [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Valette, 2009

Image Source: digital photograph 13 January 2009 by Robert Valette of a 1933 illustration [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Plan-Saint-Victor.JPG] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: showing a well-head, originally from Saint-Rémy de Provence, serving as baptismal font in the Chapelle du Saint Esprit [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjs, 2018

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 10 August 2018 by Bjs [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marseille-Saint-Victor-bjs180810-08.jpg] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of an an ink and watercolour [RF 5280.55, Recto] in the Louvre museum [Réserve des grands albums. Album Lenoir Alexandre -2- Folio 45rapporté au recto] [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020019734] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of font

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Musée du Louvre, 2023

Image Source: digital image of an an ink and watercolour [RF 5280.55, Recto] in the Louvre museum [Réserve des grands albums. Album Lenoir Alexandre -2- Folio 45rapporté au recto] [https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl020019734] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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view of font in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Abtei Saint-Victor in Marseille, Taufbecken und Statue des heiligen Viktors" -- showing a well-head, originally from Saint-Rémy de Provence, serving as baptismal font in the Chapelle du Saint Esprit [cf. FontNotes]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Bjs, 2018

Image Source: digital photograph 10 August 2018 by Bjs [edited] [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Marseille-Saint-Victor-bjs180810-08.jpg] [accessed 22 December 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 25188MAR
Church/Chapel: Abbaye Saint-Victor de Marseille
Church Patron Saints: St. Victor
Church Location: Pl. Saint-Victor, 13007 Marseille, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
Directions to Site: Located just S of the Vieux Port area
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Marseille
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Chapelle du Saint-Esprit
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: , Medieval
Church Notes: abbey founded 5thC by Jean Cassien -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00081323]
The French Wikipedia entry for this abbey [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abbaye_Saint-Victor_de_Marseille] [accessed 22 December 2023] reports a well-head, originally from Saint-Rémy de Provence, serving as baptismal font in the Chapelle du Saint Esprit, in the southwest corner ["Au fond, sous l'orgue, se trouve l'accès à la chapelle du Saint-Esprit où a été placé un puits à margelle monolithique en provenance de Saint-Rémy de Provence et servant de fonts baptismaux"]. Another font, formerly from this Abbey, is illustrated in an ink and watercolour [RF 5280.55, Recto] in the Louvre museum [Réserve des grands albums. Album Lenoir Alexandre -2- Folio 45rapporté au recto] [https://collections.louvre.fr/en/ark:/53355/cl020019734] [accessed 22 December 2023]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 43.290278, 5.365556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 43° 17′ 25″ N, 5° 21′ 56″ E
UTM: 43.290278, 5.365556