Vouvray-sur-Huisne

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06125VOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Of similar general design as the font at La Baussaine
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the entrance of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified 16th, 18thC
Church Address: Rue Roland Noël Pasquier, 72160 Vouvray-sur-Huisne, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off he D29, between the E50 (N) and the D323 (S), 1 km SE of Tuffé, 25-30 ENE of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Historical Region: Le Perche sarthois / L'Huine sarthoise
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1634) as a baptismal double font dated from the 16th century and made from local stone [painted to imitate marble]; it consists of three separate blocks of stone: the upper block includes the two octagonal basins and the connector; the latter is ornamented with a shield charged with an unidentified coat of arms; the other two separate blocks are the two pedestal bases, both cylindrical but with octagonal lower ends.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 317598 5328928
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.0875, 0.550556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 5′ 15″ N, 0° 33′ 2″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, local stone
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 1634