Grenoble No. 3 / Grenoblo

Results: 19 records

view of baptistery

Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of baptistery and font

Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Musée archéologique Saint-Laurent, Grenoble"

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]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

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."

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."

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]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: a reconstruction of the Early Christian baptistery and baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: the remains of the Early Christian baptismal font inside the MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 24 June 2001 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03610GRE

Object Type: Baptistery

Museum and Inventory Number: MAG [Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Church/Chapel: Baptistery near the église de Saint-Laurent [Saint-Laurent is now the MAG, Musée archéologique de Grenoble]

Church Location: 2 Place Saint-Laurent, 38000 Grenoble, France

Country Name: France

Location: Isère, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

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 Location in Church: The baptistery is located in the semi-basement of the museum

Century and Period: 3rd - 6th century, Early Christian

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

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.1977, 5.7314

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 11′ 51.72″ N, 5° 43′ 53.04″ E

UTM: 31T 714534 5008542

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

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882

Ferguson, Everett, Baptism in the Early Church: history, theology, and liturgy in the first five centuries, Grand Rapids, MI: William B. Eerdmans, 2009