Saint-Martin-des-Rosiers / Saint-Martin-du-Rozier, in Albon

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Scene Description: the date 1548 in a cartouche

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view of church exterior - southwest view

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INFORMATION

FontID: 18919ROS
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin-des-Rosiers [aka Saint-Martin-du-Rozier]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: place de l'église, 26140 Albon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Drôme, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes
Directions to Site: Saint-Martin-des-Rosiers is a hamlet in the commune of Albon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Vienne
Historical Region: Rhône-Valloire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Date: 1548
Century and Period: 16th century(mid) [basin only?] [composite font],
Church Notes: church claims to have one of the largest glass windows [modern] in Europe; the glass window actually replaces the whole of the east wall
Baptismal font consistsing of a polygonal [octagonal?] basin with shallow sides but a very tall underbowl chamfer; there is cartouche on the front side -the back is against the wall- with the date 1548 in it; raised on an ill-matched square baluster-shaped pedestal; the two were probably not meant to be an item originally. Listed and illustrated in Palissy [ref.: PM26000001]: "fonts baptismaux [...] église de Saint-Martin-du-Rozier [...] Date : 1548."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 14' 12.57" N, 4° 52' 35.80" E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on the fron side of the basin, inside a cartouche
Inscription Text: "1548"