Yvre-l'Eveque No. 1 / Yvré-l'Évêque
Results: 4 records
B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around the basin sides
BBU01: design element - motifs - roll moulding
Scene Description: al around the upper rim side
LID01: design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: in low relief, all over the dome cover
LID01: symbol - orb and cross
Scene Description: as finial
INFORMATION
FontID: 06106YVR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Germain
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
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 - 17th century
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.
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