Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04530AUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale et ancienne priorale Saint-Aubin de Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the aisle, first crossing
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]
Church Notes: 11thC priory church; much modified since -- listed in Mérimée[ref.: PA00109928]
Church Address: Rue de la Mairie, 72400 Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D7, in the canton de -and 7 km from- La Ferté-Bernard, in the arrondissement de Mamers
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Described in the Inventaire général... (1983) as a stone baptismal font of the late 17th century; an oval basin mounted on a square pedestal base of the bulbous ("baluster") type. Flat wooden cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 320667 5338265
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.1723, 0.5878
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 10′ 20.28″ N, 0° 35′ 16.08″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Diameter (includes rim): 77 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 170 cm*
Notes on Measurements: Inventaire général... (1983) *[NB: the height given in the source for this font is uncharacteristic and may either be erroneous or include other elements not mentioned in the text]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
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. 322