Gronard
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Scene Description: the four outer colonnettes of the base are missing; notice also the damage to the basin and the anchoring holes for the cover hardware in the upper rim
view of church exterior - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Patrick Clenet, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2009 by Patrick Clenet [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:P1040090WK_Eglise_fortifiée_de_Gronard.JPG] [accessed 29 May 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0
view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2014 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gronard_(Aisne)_église_(02).JPG] [accessed 29 May 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 June 2014 by Havang(nl) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gronard_(Aisne)_église_(01).JPG] [accessed 29 May 2016]
Copyright Instructions: CC-Zero
view of font in context
Scene Description: showing the font inside the tower space
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © René Hourdry, 2020
Image Source: digital photograph taken 7 July 2020 by René Hourdry [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Gronard_Eglise_34.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 20578GRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Théodulphe [aka Église Saint-Thious]
Font Location in Church: Inside, in the tower NW
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Theodulph [aka Theodul, Théodule, Théodulphe, Thiou, Thious]
Church Notes: original 12thC (?) church; present church chiefly 16th-17thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00115691]
Church Address: place de l'Eglise, 02140 Gronard, France -- Tel.: +33 6 35 93 11 86
Site Location: Aisne, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D613, 6 km SSW of Vervins, 37 km NE of Laon
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Soissons, Laon et Saint Quentin
Historical Region: La Thiérache, Picardie
Additional Comments: altered font? (four outer colonnettes of the base are missing)
Font Notes:
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Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM02001424]: "Fonts baptismaux (cuve baptismale à infusion) [calcaire] constitués d'une base, d'un large pied central cylindrique cantonné de 4 petits futs aujourd'hui disparus, et d'une cuve. L'ensemble est en pierre bleue dite pierre de Tournai [...] ornement à forme architecturale (chapiteau, base) [...] 12e siècle [...] H = 88 ; la = 81 ; pr = 81 [...] La cuve présente de nombreux éclats. Les 4 futs cylindriques cantonnant le pied central ont disparu [...Dans la tour nord ouest".
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 563582 5515935
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.7925, 3.8834
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 47′ 33″ N, 3° 53′ 0.24″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (black and blue) (Tournai marble)
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 81 x 81 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM02001424]
REFERENCES
- 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.