Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 129)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03530NIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Nicholas
Church Notes: 13thC ancient priory church ; re-built 1880s
Church Address: 222 Chem. du Lavoir, 38500 Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin, France
Site Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 5 km N of Voiron, 28 km N of Grenoble
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Grenoble-Vienne
Historical Region: Le Pays Voironnais
Font Notes:
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Described by Corblet (1881-1882: v. 2, 129-130) as a High Gothic basin with an added "piscine pour l'écoulement de l'eau baptismale". Noted also in Bond (1908: 66)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 704023 5030480
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.39809, 5.60675
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 23′ 53.12″ N, 5° 36′ 24.3″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: double-font, polygonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: polygonal (basin1); semicircular (basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) polygonal 2) semi-circular
Drainage System: centre hole in added basin
Drainage Notes: a/p Corblet's description
REFERENCES
- Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908, p. 66
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 129-130
- Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962, p. 73 and fn6
- Swann, E., "Fonts of Unusual Shape, with Appendages", 1887, Proceedings of the Historical Society, 1887, pp. 67-82; p. 76