Grezieu-la-Varenne / Graisieu / Grasiaco / Grayseu in Varena / Graysiaco / Gresay / Grésieux la varenne / Gresy / Greysieu / Grézieu-et-Craponne / Grézieu-la-Varenne / Grézieux

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animal - fish

Scene Description: two fish, one od them upside-down, below the man's left leg

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - architectural - arcade - round arches - columns with capitals and bases

Scene Description: seven altogether, but some are very sketchy

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: seen here in the two arches to the right of the one containing the palm tree;

Image Source: B&W photograph by Perrichon, in Mémoire [ref.: AP69W00294] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1402/sap83_69w00294_p.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: in the spandrels of the arches

Image Source: B&W photograph by Perrichon, in Mémoire [ref.: AP69W00294] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1402/sap83_69w00294_p.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - floral or foliage - square

Scene Description: six (?) large square motifs set 3-up, 3-down to the left of the hunting scene

Image Source: B&W photograph by Perrichon, in Mémoire [ref.: AP69W00294] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1402/sap83_69w00294_p.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - floral?

Scene Description: a star?

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: scanned drawing in Lieux sacrés from an original probably in Tuaillon (1989) [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs - rope moulding

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - motifs and symbols

Scene Description: the four arches betwen the hunting scene, on the left, and the standing man, on the right, are all different; on the left is a very ornate arch-head supoported on a torsade column; inside are two large floral motifs; in the next arch to the right are thee motifs: a round multi-helix atop, a star-like flower in a circle in the middle, and a mouth-shaped object with a bow atop at the bottom; the third arch from the left has a plant (?) in the upper half, a quadruped and a fish in the lower half; the fourth arch, the one just left of the standing man, has a plant or tree in it.

Image Source: scanned drawing in Lieux sacrés from an original probably in Tuaillon (1989) [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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design element - patterns - interlace - geometrical

Scene Description: diaper-like, with saw-tooth (?) pattern inside, all around the underbowl

Image Source: scanned drawing in Lieux sacrés from an original probably in Tuaillon (1989) [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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human figure - male - standing - frontal

Scene Description: two quadrupeds on the left side, one upside-down; two fish on the right, one upside down; a loop or butterfly above the fish; a large floral motif or star by the man's left shoulder -- identified in some sources as Adam in Eden, but, if it is Adam soon after his creation, why the clothing? the skirt appears to have been cut or broken in the middle but this may not be original; the chest appears bare [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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hunting scene - stag or deer hunting - on horseback - with dog

Scene Description: a human on horseback with a pack of canids pursue an adult deer or stag and a cub; one of the dogs (?) faces left and appears uninterested in the action facing right

Image Source: scanned drawing in Lieux sacrés from an original probably in Tuaillon (1989) [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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symbol - tree - palm tree - Tree of life?

Scene Description: immediately to the right of the standing man

Image Source: digital photograph in Lieux sacrés [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier, église Saint-Roch, Grézieu-la-Varenne" [detail]

Image Source: digital photograph 22 April 2017 [P0929 048 00017] by Jean Pierre Boursier, in the Bibliothèque municipale de Lyon https://numelyo.bm-lyon.fr/f_view/BML:BML_01ICO001015b893cdca5195] [accessed 18 July 2023]

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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the tower of the church viewed through the village gate -- Source caption: "Aux environs de Lyon / Monsieur Josse ; préface de M. Coste-Labaume ; édition illustrée de 250 dessins de J. Drevet."

Image Source: scanned image of an undated drawing by Joannès Drevet (1854–1940) in the Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grézieu-la-Varenne_-_Porte.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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view of church exterior in context - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 September 2015 by Xavier Caré [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Grézieu-la-Varenne_-_Eglise_Saint-Roch_(Paysage).JPG] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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view of font

Scene Description: the old basin on a modern pedestal base

Image Source: B&W photograph by Perrichon, in Mémoire [ref.: AP69W00292] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1402/sap83_69w00292_p.jpg] [accessed 27 February 2016]

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view of stoup

Scene Description: Source caption: "Bénitier, église Saint-Roch, Grézieu-la-Varenne"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 20380GRE

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Roch de Grézieu-la-Varenne

Church Patron Saints: St. Roch [aka Roc, Roche, Rock, Roque] [originally St. Mary]

Church Location: 8 Pl. Abbé Launay, 69290 Grézieu-la-Varenne, France

Country Name: France

Location: Rhône, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Directions to Site: Located off the D30, in the arrondissement and about 13 km W of Lyon city centre

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Lyon

Historical Region: Le Lyonnais

Font Location in Church: Inside the new church, at the E end, by the chancel

Date: ca. 1000?

Century and Period: 10th - 11th century [basin only] [composite stoup], Medieval / composite

Cognate Fonts: some similarities with the fonts at Beuda, Palau-de-Cerdagne and Ur?

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it

Church Notes: church here said to have been built by Guillaume le Pieux ca. 913; church consecrated to "Marie Mère de Dieu"; dedication changed to St. Roch 15th-16thC?; re-built 1870-1871

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Described and illustrated in Tuaillon (1989) and (2001), with date in the late-10th or early-11th century; Tuaillon identifies scenes of Adam in Eden, and deer hunting in it. Listed and illustrated in Monuments historiques (1993), Palissy [ref.: PM69000202], as the basin of a baptismal font of the 10th century [="Cuve baptismale [...] 10e siècle [...] La cuve, irrégulièrement taillée dans un seul bloc, est revêtue sur tout son pourtour d'un décor roman caractéristique et d'une grande variété de thèmes et de motifs. Deux bordures, une torsade en haut, des "clous" disposés en losanges en bas, encadrent une large frise où des arcatures en plein cintre, avec colonnettes, enserrant des motifs géométriques ou floraux, alternent avec des roses, des torsades, parmi lesquelles des animaux fantastiques courent en tous sens (certains la tête en bas). Une figure d'homme debout, aux mains ouvertes, marque le "centre" de la composition." Noted and illustrated by "P.T." in an undated article in PDF format [http://saintalexandre.paroisse.net/nos-villages/grezieu-la-varenne/le-benitier-roman-de-grezieu-la-varenne.pdf] [accessed 27 February 2016]. The object consists of a roughly hemispherical basin raised on a marble pedestal base; the modern (19thC) pedestal base has been engraved "IXe siècle", probably in reference to the old basin; the basin is relatively small, withn outer diameter less than 50 cm, a size one would associate with a medieval stoup rather than a font; the sides of the basin are profusely decorated, with not a single space blank on them; at the top, near the upper rim, is a rope moulding; below it is a hunting scene showing a human on horseback with a pack of canids pursuing an adult deer or stag and its cub; one of the canids faces left and appears uninterested in the action facing right; the four arches to the right of the hunting scene are all different; on the left is a very ornate arch-head supoported on a torsade column; inside are two large floral motifs; in the next arch to the right are thee motifs: a round multi-helix atop, a star-like flower in a circle in the middle, and a mouth-shaped object with a bow atop at the bottom; the third arch from the left has a plant (?) in the upper half, a quadruped and a fish in the lower half; the fourth arch has a plant or tree in it, its trunk accordion-shaped; next right stands a male figure full frontal, the arms to the sides appear to be palms in; he appears to be bare-chested but wearing shorts to above the knee; he is framed by a number of items; floral or foliage motifs extend from the spandrel of the arch by his right shoulder, and there is an upside-down quadruped by his right arm; there is another quadruped by his right leg; a large star-shaped floral motif is by his left shoulder, a bow-shaped flower or butterfly by his left hand; by the side of is left leg are two large fish, one upside down; three arches follow after the standing man; the first contains a plam tree, while the second and third have a variety of floral and foliage motifs in them, all arches with motifs in the spandrels; next to the right are six large square floral mtifs arranged three up, three down; the underbowl has a gemoetrical pattern that is a diaper-like interlace, with saw-tooth pattern in the lozenge-shaped pattern; the underbowl extends a few inches below a roll moulding and is plain, all part of the same block of stone. The small proportions of the object [cf. supra] do not support the claim that it was originally a font, now used as holy-water stoup. This is further suggested by the lack of any evidence of a cover on the upper rim [NB: we have not been able to find out whether there is a drain hole in the ineer basin well]. The carved surfaces indicate that it was always meant to stand detached from any walls and raised on some sort of support. Noted and illustrated in Pierre Tuaillon's La cuve de Grézieu-la-Varenne, bénitier ou cuve baptismale?, in Actes des Journées d'études 2001, XVIII - Vaugneray et sa région, Union des Sociétés Historiques du Rhône, Lyon, Conseil Général du Rhône, 2001, page 37. Noted and illustrated in Ratmond Oursel's Lyonnais, Dombes, Bugey et Savoie Romans (Zodiaque, 1990) [cf. infra]. Noted and illustrated in Jean-François' Tresors des églises romanes du Rhône ; le benitier de Grezieu La Varenne [https://vogage-roman-art.blogspot.com/2011/10/tresors-des-eglises-romanes-du-rhone-le.html] [accessed 18 July 2023]: "Le bénitier ou l'ancienne cuve baptismale provenait peut être de cette église mais aucune source ne le confirme, pas plus que sa datation qui est généralement rattachée au XI ème siècle. Le grand Raymond Oursel dans l'ouvrage consacré au "Lyonnais Roman" dans la collection la nuit des temps s'accorde sur cette datation mais ne donne pas plus d'éléments sur l'origine de cette œuvre si étonnante par son style"; includes references to Touaillon and Oursel [cf. supra]. Noted and illustrated in Lieux Sacrés (7 June 2014) [http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html] [accessed 18 July 2023]: "une cuve baptismale devenue bénitier, datant du XIe siècle. D’une hauteur de 36 cm et d’un diamètre de 47, elle est posée sur une colonne en marbre blanc du XIXe. La tradition dit que Guillaume le Pieux lui-même en fit don à la paroisse". The object consists of a stone basin of roughly hemispherical shape, mounted on a replacement columnar base and a square plinth; the square plinth is inscribed "CUVE BAPTISMALE ROMANE Xe SIECLE"

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 45.747537, 4.690417

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 45° 44′ 51.13″ N, 4° 41′ 25.5″ E

UTM: 31T 631486 5067387

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone? [basin only]

Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Diameter (includes rim): 49 cm* / 47 cm**

Basin Total Height: 36 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm* [includes modern base]

Font Height (with Plinth): 115 cm* [includes modern base and plinth]

Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM69000202] / ** http://lieuxsacres.canalblog.com/archives/2014/06/07/30031216.html [accessed 27 February 2016]

REFERENCES

Tuaillon, Pierre, "La cuve de Grézieu-la-Varenne, bénitier ou cuve baptismale?", Actes des Journées d'études 2001, XVIII - Vaugneray et sa région, Lyon: Union des Sociétés Historiques du Rhône, Lyon, Conseil Général du Rhône, 2001

Tuaillon, Pierre, "Les fonts baptismaux de Grecieu-la-Varenne", 5, Art et archéologie en Rhone-Alpes, 1989, pp. 37-51, 7 ill..