Grignan / Gradignan / Gradignanum / Graina / Grainan

The group of objects that constitutes the baptismal font is a confusing combination of what appears to be a basin of red marble donated by the Adhémar family and bearing their arms, basin that now serves as base for a metal holy water container, with a wooden rim-buffet type of cover decorated with gilded scenes and legends on the sides; the doors of the rim-buffet cover open to provide access to the interior; the inner sides are painted 'faux marbre'. The whole was completed witjh a golded statue of the Baptist that is now in the Castle museum. Listed and illustratedd in Palissy [refs.: PM26000116, PM26000127 and IM26000590]: " fonts baptismaux, fontaine baptismale, clôture des fonts baptismaux [...] pierre ; marbre : taillé ; cuivre (rouge) ; fer : forgé [...] Socle pierre et marbre [...] Constitués d'un bassin de marbre rouge, ils reposent sur un socle de pierre portant les armes des Adhémar. Les panneaux de la boiserie grise et or qui les enferment représentent successivement la fontaine de la purification (Fons vivus), le Christ en croix répandant de son flanc l'eau et le sang (Aqua regenerans), un bassin (Unda purificans), l'ensemble est dominé par la statue en bois doré de saint Jean-Baptiste. [...] Le socle date de 1691, la fontaine baptismale en cuivre rouge estampé du 17e siècle et la grille du 18e siècle. [...] restaurée en 2012 par l'atelier Haddad". [NB: we have no information on the original font of the mid-16th century church here].