Yvre-l'Eveque No. 1 / Yvré-l'Évêque
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06106YVR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: 13 D91, 72530 Yvré-l'Évêque, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D91, N of the D314, 6-7 lm E of Le Mans city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1064) as a hemispherical mounted baptismal font of the 16th or 17th century; the basin has a protruding rounded upper rim and is decorated with ribbed pattern all around; the pedestal base is square. The medium-dome cover is made of wood and decorated with low-relief foliage motifs; it has an orb-and-cross finial.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 296540 5321415
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.01361, 0.27167
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 0′ 49″ N, 0° 16′ 18.01″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted?
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: round?
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: carved and painted
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 1064