Saint-Germain-du-Pert
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06218GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1647
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Germain de Saint-Germain-du-Pert
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: D199, 14230 Saint-Germain-du-Pert, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D199, 4-5 km NE of Isigny-sur-Mer, about 30 km NW of Bayeux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 986) as a hemispherical basin ornamented with foliage (oak?) motifs all over its sides and underbowl; the base is a square pedestal with cherubs, volutes and an inscription [text not available] running on three of its sides. Flat wooden lid with a crown made of four vertical "S" motifs at 90-degrre angles.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 642367 5466839
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.337653, -1.040227
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 20′ 15.55″ N, 1° 2′ 24.82″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on three of the sides of the base
Inscription Text: [...CVURE - DE - CE -QE- A - FAIT- ET...]
Inscription Notes: Full text not available
Inscription Source: Image in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 986)
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 986