Grigny nr. Évry
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design element - motifs - garland
Scene Description: below the protruding upper rim
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: around the upper rim
design element - patterns - ribbed
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Antoine-et-Sulpice, Grigny dans l'Essonne."
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Image Source: digital photograph 21 October 2023 by Chabe01 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saints_Antoine_Sulpice_-_Grigny_(FR91)_-_2023-10-21_-_3.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 26 November 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 07677GRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Antoine-et-Saint-Sulpice de Grigny
Church Patron Saints: St. Anthony the Great [aka Antony the Great, Anthony the Abbot, Anthony of the Desert, Anthony the Anchorite, Anthony of Thebes] & St. Sulpicius
Church Location: 13 Rue Pierre Brossolette, 91350 Grigny, France
Country Name: France
Location: Essonne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the N7-D319 crossroads, in the arrondissement d'Évry, about 6-7 km S of Orly airport
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évry-Corbeil-Essonnes
Font Location in Church: Located in the chapelle de la Vierge, the oldest part of the chuch, near the now blocked door
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 14th, 18thC; restored 2023
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in the Patrimoine des communes... l'Essonne (2002, v. 1: 458) as a hemispheric mounted baptismal font located in the oldest part of the present church, la chapelle de la Vierge, just inside what is described in the source as the original door. The font is not described in the source but appears to be a late-Gothic hemispherical basin with a protruding upper rim below which runs a garland all around; the rest of the basin sides and underbowl are covered in ribbed pattern. The wooden (?) cover appears to be modern, and is hinged in the middle. The base is a plain pedestal. The chapelle itself is dated to the 12th century but the font is definitely of a much later date.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.659146, 2.389204
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 39′ 32.93″ N, 2° 23′ 21.13″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Apparatus: no
Notes: appears to be made of wood; hinged in the middle
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de l'Essonne, Paris: FLOHIC, 2002