Crosmieres / Crosmières
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design element - motifs - braid
Scene Description: around the arch of the "backdrop"
design element - motifs - floral
Scene Description: a flower with stem on either column of the "backdrop"
INFORMATION
FontID: 06099CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Hyppolite-et-Saint-Laurent
Church Patron Saints: St. Hippolytus of Rome & St. Lawrence
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton and arrondissement de La Flèche
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 17th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Jehan Serru
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 638) as a holy-water stoup consisting of three parts: the polygonal basin and base are by an unknown artisan and date from the time of the old church, the 15th century; the wall-mounted "backdrop", an ornamented stone arch, was added a century later; it is the work of Jehan Serru, a mason; an inscription on an upper cartouche informs that it was made and donated by Jehan Serru "mason"[=builder] on February 1, 1602.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (from Rairies)
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal
Notes on Measurements: "232 x 104 x 80" a/p Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 1: 638)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: the text informs that it was "made and donated by Jehan Serru, builder"
Inscription Location: in a cartouche above the curve of the upper arch
Inscription Text: "FAIT ET DONNE PAR JEHAN SERRU MASON LE 1er FEVRIER 1602"
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001