Saint-Aubin-des-Coudrais

INFORMATION

FontID: 04530AUB

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissilae et ancinne priorale Saint-Aubin

Church Patron Saints: St. Aubin [aka Albinus of Angers]

Country Name: France

Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire

Directions to Site: Located in the canton de -and 7 km from- La Ferté-Bernard, in the arrondissement de Mamers

Font Location in Church: In the aisle, first crossing

Century and Period: 17th century(late),

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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.

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