Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin
Image copyright © [in the public domain]
PD
Results: 1 records
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 129)
Copyright Instructions: PD
INFORMATION
FontID: 03530NIC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas
Church Location: 222 Chem. du Lavoir, 38500 Saint-Nicolas-de-Macherin, France
Country Name: France
Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church Notes: 13thC ancient priory church ; re-built 1880s
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
45.39809,
5.60675
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
45° 23′ 53.12″ N,
5° 36′ 24.3″ E
UTM: 31T 704023 5030480
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, unknown
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted) double-font
Basin Interior Shape: polygonal (basin1); semicircular (basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (basin1); semicircular (basin2)
Drainage Notes: a/p Corblet's description
REFERENCES
Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962
Swann, E., "Fonts of Unusual Shape, with Appendages", 1887, Proceedings of the Historical Society, 1887, pp. 67-82; r["References"]