Gorron
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: all around
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Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 392)
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LB01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: on the bulbous part of the stem of the base
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LB02: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: at several levels of the stem of the base
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LID01: symbol - orb and cross
Scene Description: finial
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R01: design element - motifs - knob
Scene Description: a row
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Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 392)
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 08659GOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Gorron
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: Bd Faverie, 53120 Gorron, France
Site Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D33, about 25 km NW of Mayenne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 392): baptismal font probably of the 17th century made odf a reddish marble identified as "Louverné" in this source; it is roughly chalice-shaped, consisting of a rather shallow octagonal basin raised on a quadrangular pedestal base of the baluster type with chamfered corners that make it octagonal. The basin has knob motif all around the upper rim, and ribbed pattern on the underbowl. The base is baluster type and decorated with mouldings. Low-dome octagonal copper cover with orb-and-cross finial. [Flohic ref. no. 53120508]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 661830 5364369
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.41168, -0.81305
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 24′ 42.05″ N, 0° 48′ 46.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble (reddish) (Louverné)
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, copper
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal low-dome
REFERENCES
- Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002, vol. 1: 392