Saint-Germain-du-Pert / St-Germain-du-Pert

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: resembling oak leaves and branches; all around the sides of the basin and underbolw

LB01: angel - cherub

Scene Description: above the inscription; probably an the other sides as well

LB02: inscription

Scene Description: on three of the base sides [text not available]

INFORMATION

FontID: 06218GER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Germain
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Isigny-sur-Mer, arrondissement de Bayeux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1647
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
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.

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 Notes: Full text not available
Inscription Location: on three of the sides of the base
Inscription Text: [...CVURE - DE - CE -QE- A - FAIT- ET...]
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