Saint-Barnard de Romans / Romans-sur-Isère

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 10254ROM
Object Type: Other
Object Details: mortar or capital
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (?), Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Collégiale Saint-Barnard de Romans-sur-Isère
Font Location in Church: Inside, S transept
Church Notes: church founded 838 on the banks of the Isère river; many times destroyed and re-built since -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00117029]
Church Address: 3 Pl. Maurice Faure, 26100 Romans-sur-Isère, France
Site Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D92, on the N bank of the river Isère, about 20 km NE of Valence
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Valence
Historical Region: Rhône-Alpes
Additional Comments: recycled stoup or font: formerly a mortar or capital
Font Notes:
Mwntioned in Enlart (1925-1928, vol. 1: 164 fn1) as one of several former mortars or capitals converted for use as holy-water stoups. The entry for this object in Palissy [ref.: PM26000239} describes it as a composite font, not a stoup: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Cuve polygonale et socle de chapiteau [...] pierre [...] 12e siècle [...] H = 119 [...] Face sud, 1ère travée". It is illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP26W00753 and AP80L054777], showing the object as a basin with a polygonal [dodecagonal?] upper half, the lower part rounded and tapering in, on a base that was a capital of round [barrel?] shape decorated with the backs of crouching figures; it has a round, falt and plain cover on it.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 661386 4989714
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 45.0425, 5.04917
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 45° 2′ 33″ N, 5° 2′ 57.01″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Height (less Plinth): 119 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Les monuments des croisés dans le royaume de Jérusalem: architecture religieuse et civile, Paris: Librarie orientaliste Paul Geuthner, 1925-1928, vol. 1: p. 164 fn1
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.