Vernie

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 05891VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Médard de Vernie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Address: Rue de Tessé, 72170 Vernie, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D21, about 12 km WSW of Beaumont-sur-Sarthe, about 30 km NNW
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des comunes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 199) as an octagonal unmounted baptismal font ornamented with Gothic windows on the sides; on alternate sides: 1)triple Ogee arch topped with quatrefoil window and 2)two quatrefoil-window-in-a-circle motifs, one up one down. Damage obvious to one of the upper basin sides, probably through the removal of cover staples. Wooden flat cover is modern.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 278567 5341043
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.183991, 0.020799
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 11′ 2.37″ N, 0° 1′ 14.87″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1: p. 199