Grandjean

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04567GRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Barthélémy de Grandjean
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Bartholomew
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00104703]: "L'église présente trois, voire quatre campagnes de construction. La plus ancienne correspond sans doute à la construction de la nef. Le bâtiment aurait ensuite été remanié dans la seconde moitié du 12e siècle"
Church Address: 17350 Grandjean, France
Site Location: Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D127E3, just E of the A10, 8-9 km SW of St-Jean-d'Angély, NE of St-Savinien
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de La Rochelle et Saintes
Font Notes:
Described in Crozet's L'art roman en Saintonge (1971: 117) as a Romanesque baptismal font ornamented with capitals which include foliage motif and lions. [NB: not clear whether this is a font or a piscina for other uses]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 685726 5083167
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.877, -0.606717
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 52′ 37.2″ N, 0° 36′ 24.18″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Crozet, René, L'art roman en Saintonge, Paris: A. & J. Picard, 1971, p. 117