Granges

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human figure - head

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Image Source: digital image of a 1984 Tirage photographique [12R14760] by Bernard Sonnet, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R014760] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R014760] [accessed 25 September 2022]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "Cuve baptismale"

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Image Source: digital image of a 1984 Tirage photographique [12R14760] by Bernard Sonnet, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R014760] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R014760] [accessed 25 September 2022]

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view of basin

Scene Description: Source caption: "L’église Saint-Martin-et-Saint-Éloi de Granges. Nous avions sélectionné cette église pour ses très beaux fonts-baptismaux [...]. Mais un examen plus attentif de la technique de taille de la pierre nous fait douter de leur ancienneté."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Norbert Breton, 2019

Image Source: digital photograph 2019 by Norbert Breton, in Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_4_39_divers10_saone_et_loire.html#2] [accessed 25 September 2022]

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view of church exterior - detail

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise Saint-Martin : Clocher, élévations nord et ouest, vue générale"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2022

Image Source: digital image of a 1984 Tirage photographique [12R14758] by Bernard Sonnet, in Mémoire [ref.: AP12R014758] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP12R014758] [accessed 25 September 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24317GRA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin-et-Saint-Éloi de Granges
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours & St. Eligius [aka Eloy]
Church Location: Rue Saint-Martin, 71390 Granges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Saône-et-Loire, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté
Directions to Site: Located off the E607-D981 crossroads, 10 km WSW of Chalon-sur-Saône
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Autun
Historical Region: Le Chalonnais / Sud Côte Chalonnaise
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 12th century [altered?], Romanesque [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help documenting it
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00113538]: "12e siècle ; 17e siècle"
The entry for this church in Norbert Breton's Premier Millénaire [http://millenaire1.free.fr/408_4_39_divers10_saone_et_loire.html#2] [accessed 25 September 2022] notes and illustrates this font: "L’église Saint-Martin-et-Saint-Éloi de Granges. Nous avions sélectionné cette église pour ses très beaux fonts-baptismaux [...]. Mais un examen plus attentif de la technique de taille de la pierre nous fait douter de leur ancienneté." Listed and illustrated in Raymond Faure [http://www.raymond-faure.com/Bourgogne_Romane/Bourgogne_Romane_Saône-et-Loire_X.htm] [accessed 19 August 2024].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.744518, 4.730009
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 44′ 40.27″ N, 4° 43′ 48.03″ E
UTM: 31T 632149 5178227

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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