Yvre-le-Polin No. 2 / Ivre-le-Polin / Ivré-le-Pôlin / Yvré-le-Pôlin

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06122IVR
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: grain measure
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin d'Yvré-le-Pôlin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: present church 15thC with some remains of the 12th and 13thC
Church Address: Rue du 8 Mai, 72330 Yvré-le-Pôlin, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D32, about 20 km SSW of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly a grain measure -- disappeared font? (the one from the earlier, 12th-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1300) as the second of two former grain measures now used as holy-water stoups in this church; this one is round [cf. Index entry for Yvré-le-Pôlin No. 1]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 286877 5300067
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.818621, 0.152808
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 49′ 7.04″ N, 0° 9′ 10.11″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 1300