Grenoble No. 3 / Grenoblo
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of font
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of font
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of font
![the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/GRE0102826_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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![the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/GRE0102822_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of font
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Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of church exterior in context - northeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Musée archéologique Saint-Laurent, Grenoble"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simdaperce, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 July 2013 by Simdaperce [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Musée_archéologique_Saint-Laurent.JPG] [accessed 4 November 2016]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: the interior of the church Saint-Laurent, now part of the Musée archéologique de Grenoble complex -- Source caption: "Scénographie de Jean-Noël Duru : bornes interactives en quatre langues, film projeté sur le mur nord de Bernard David-Cavaz et Yannick Bonnefoy."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Musée archéologique de Grenoble, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 May 2011 by Musée archéologique de Grenoble [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MAG_Musée_archéologique_Grenoble_scénographie.jpg] [accessed 4 November 2016]
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view of baptistery
![a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/GRE0102835_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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view of baptistery and font
![a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/GRE0102834_compressed.png)
Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03610GRE
Object Type: Baptistery
Date Visited: 2001-06-24
Font Century and Period/Style: 3rd - 6th century, Early Christian
Museum: MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
Church / Chapel Name: Baptistery near the église de Saint-Laurent [Saint-Laurent is now the MAG, Musée archéologique de Grenoble]
Font Location in Church: The baptistery is located in the semi-basement of the museum
Church Notes: The crypt of the church of St-Laurent is believed to be a Merovingian chapel built with Gallo-Roman materials (France: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, 1985, p. 295) -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00117182] with dates in the 1st, 7th, 12th and 17thC
Church Address: 2 Place Saint-Laurent, 38000 Grenoble, France
Site Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Near the église Saint-Laurent, in the Musée de l'Ancien Évêché, across the river [N] from the cathedral of Notre-Dame
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Grenoble-Vienne
Historical Region: Dauphiné
Font Notes:
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Corblet reports that, before the demolition works around the church of St-Laurent, a wall about a meter tall was still left of an ancient baptistery. According to his source [cf. Notes by Authors], the baptistery was cruciform (Latin cross), with four apses, the water source being in an adjacent square hall on the north side. (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 63). On-site notes: a baptistery said to be from the 3rd-6th century has been excavated in the grounds of the old bishopric of Grenoble. A maquette in the museum [cf. Images] gives an idea of what is supposed to have looked like. The sunken font [cf. Index entry for Grenoble No. 6] is the only part that remains, although much of the covering stone no longer exists. Ferguson (2009) gives the depth of the font at 50 cm.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 714534 5008542
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.1977, 5.7314
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 11′ 51.72″ N, 5° 43′ 53.04″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: unknown
Basin Depth: 50 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [a/p Ferguson (2009)
REFERENCES
- Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998, vol. 1: p. 233-238
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 63
- Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009, p. 843