Ferte-Bernard No. 4 / La Ferté-Bernard

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04528FER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1690
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Cognate Fonts: A second stoup located in the right arm of the transept of this same church
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Marais de La Ferté-Bernard
Font Location in Church: In the nave, right side, 1st pillar
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
Font Notes:
Described in the Inventaire général... (1983) as one of two holy-water stoups made of pink marble in this church; the basin is oval and the base is a square pedestal of the bulbous (or "baluster") type. This one was donated to the church -like te font itself- by Honorat Gomer; it bears the name and the date 1690 [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, marble (pink)
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 58 cm
Basin Total Height: 44 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 98 cm
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1983) *[NB: this measurement is given as "prof." in the text, but it cannot refer to the internal depth of the basin]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin and French
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "DON DHORAT GOMER 1690 / REQVIESCANT [sic] IN PACE"
Inscription Notes: "A gift of Honorat Gomer 1690 - May he rest in peace"
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