Saint-Jean-des-Mauvrets / St-Jean-des-Mauvrets
INFORMATION
Font ID: 06190JEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste [orig. from the old church]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: The original church was demolished and the replacement inaugurated in 1862
Church Address: 49320 Les Garennes sur Loire, France
Site Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D132-D751 crossroads, in the canton des Ponts-de-Cé, about 10 km SE of Angers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Angers
Historical Region: Le Nord saumurois
Additional Comments: recycled font: brought from the old demolished church
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 980) as a cauldron-shaped baptismal font from the old demolished church; it has four large "lumps" [they are not heads] located at 90-degree angles of the upper basin sides, and is otherwise plain and unmounted.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30T 692510 5252597
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: cauldron-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire (2001, v. 2: 980)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de Maine-et-Loire, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 980