Saint-Georges-sur-Eure
Results: 2 records
B01: Apostle or saint - St. George?
Scene Description: a/p Lasteyrie's identification (1926-1927). According to Enlart (1902), it is St. Martin
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: BU01
INFORMATION
FontID: 03053GEO
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges à Saint-Georges-sur-Eure
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Rue de l'Église, 28190 Saint-Georges-sur-Eure, France -- Tel.: +33 2 37 23 21 27
Country Name: France
Location: Eure-et-Loir, Centre-Val de Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D114, 8-9 km E of Chartres city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Chartres
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified 16thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00097195]
Font Notes: Click to view 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
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.418396,
1.353523
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 25′ 6.23″ N,
1° 21′ 12.68″ E
UTM: 31U 378179 5364114
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
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