Allevard / Allevard-les-Bains
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03525ALL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th century [altered], Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Marcel d'Allevard
Church Notes: Saint-Marcel is a Gothic Revival church of the 19thC
Church Address: 1 Rue Portelle, 38580 Allevard, France
Site Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Allevard is located off the D25, about 35-40 km SE of Chambéry, 40 km of Grenoble
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Grenoble
Historical Region: Le Dauphiné
Font Notes:
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Corblet (1881-1882) argues that an immersion basin of the 11th century had a "sorte de cuvette" attached at a later date, when baptism by affusion was practised, to collect to the ground the water which had already made contact with the baptizand's head [cf. many double fonts in France, especially in Brittany, which have either two full basins or a smaller one for the said purpose; also, the English font at Yulgreave].
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 271071 5030889
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 6° 4′ 30.87″ E, 6.075241
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 23′ 38.61″ N, 6° 4′ 30.87″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Drainage Notes: [cf. font notes regarding drainage via the added "cuvette"]
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 129