Ferce-sur-Sarthe / Fercé-sur-Sarthe

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06123FER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[basin] -- 17th century[base] [composite font]
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Anne
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anne
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church; modified in the 15thC; additional modifications of later dates
Church Address: Rue de la Mairie, 72430 Fercé-sur-Sarthe, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D79-D309 crossroads, 5 km WNW of, 15-20 km SW of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Additional Comments: recycled font: a composite of two parts from different fonts -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12th-13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1549) as a rectangular basin with plain vertical sides; the inner well, also rectangular is divided into two compartments of approximately the same size by a plate of the same material as the rest of the basin, dark-grey slate. This same source suggests that the limestone base, dated by an inscription to 1697, belonged to a different and later font. This base is also rectangular but with delineated volumes for main and secondary bodies; the inscription [not legible in the source] appears around the upper base side between two mouldings.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 721903 5309640
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.901676, -0.030752
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 54′ 6.04″ N, 0° 1′ 50.71″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, slate (basin) - limestone (base)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: double-font, rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: square (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, rectangular (both)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the side of the base
Inscription Text: [not available - contains the date 1697]
Inscription Notes: the date 1697 corresponds to the limestone base, but not to the slate basin
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1549)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2: 1549