Saint-Georges-sur-Eure

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03053GEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges à Saint-Georges-sur-Eure
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified 16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097195]
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 28190 Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, France -- Tel.: +33 2 37 23 21 27
Site Location: Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D114, 8-9 km E of Chartres city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Chartres
Font Notes:
Listed in Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts in the Gothic style and later in the same source as Renaissance, 16th century; Enlart also mentions a depiction of St. Martin on it (Enlart, 1902). Lasteyrie (1926-1927) describes it as hexagonal, although with the same characteristics as many of the octagonal fonts of the period and dates it to the 15th century; the panels of the basin sides are ornamented with crowded scenes ["petites scènes aux nombreux personnages"], one of which he identifies as depicting St. George. The underbowl has foliage ornamentation and the base is also hexagonal.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 378179 5364114
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.418396, 1.353523
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 25′ 6.23″ N, 1° 21′ 12.68″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 4 and footnote 5; p. 780
  • Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927, vol. 2, p. 511