Saint-Pavace / St. Pavace

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: all around the sides of the basin and underbowl

BBU01: design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: around the upper basin side

LB01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: all over the pedestal base

INFORMATION

FontID: 06104PAV
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pavace
Church Patron Saints: St. Pavace
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton du Mans, arrondissement du Mans
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century,
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1047) as a hemispherical mounted baptismal font of the 16th century, ornamented with a rope moulding on the upper basin side and ribbed pattern that reaches all the way round the underbowl; round baluster-type pedestal base ornamented with large leaf motif, resting on a polygonal lower base bearing the same type of leaf ornamentation. The wells of the basin are rather irregular: a central round well smaller than would have been expected; to the side of it, a small rectangular well probably for the holy oils, etc.; next to the latter, another well shaped like a segment of the circle.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispherical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001