Ferte-Bernard No. 2 / La Ferté-Bernard

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04526FER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 19th century [composite stoup]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Marais de La Ferté-Bernard
Font Location in Church: In the nave, front wall; left stoup
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 1366 chapel upgraded to parochial; re-built mid-15thC; modified and expanded since -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00109751]
Church Address: Pl. Sadi Carnot, 72400 La Ferté-Bernard, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D323, just N of Cherré, about 33 km NE of Le Mans
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: as one (the left) of two holy-water stoups made up of the credences from the old retable of the main altar which was dismantled in 1862; it now uses the part of the retable as backdrop
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1983) as one (the left) of two holy-water stoups made up of the credences from the old retable of the main altar which was dismantled in 1862; it now uses the part of the retable as backdrop, richly ornamented with architectural motifs, angel head, rosettes, etc., and has an inscription in a black-marble plaque [cf. Inscription]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 325580 5339648
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.1861, 0.653262
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 11′ 9.96″ N, 0° 39′ 11.74″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone and marble
Font Shape: variant
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: variant
Notes on Measurements: The measurements given for the "construct": height=210 cm x width=145 cm (in the Inventaire général... 1983, p. 216)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on a plaque framed by the backdrop of the stoup
Inscription Text: "SI NON LAVERO TE / NON HABEBIS PARTEM / MECVM. JOAN. XIII"
Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1983, p. 216)

REFERENCES

  • Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale des Pays de la Loire, Sarthe: canton La Ferté-Bernard, Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1983, p. 216 and pl. 298 on p. 272