Saint-Georges-du-Plain, in Le Mans / L'Unité-sur-Sarthe / Petit-Saint-Georges

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design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus

Scene Description: some of the stems have fancy decorative patterns: beaded-tape, etc.

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; support pellicule] [VERIF 69 à 71bis-169 N° photographie 71X01337] taken in 1971 by Jean Gourbeix in Mémoire, [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1141/sap01_71x01337_p.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2017]

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; support pellicule] [VERIF 69 à 71bis-169 N° photographie 71X01337] taken in 1971 by Jean Gourbeix in Mémoire, [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1141/sap01_71x01337_p.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2017]

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view of church exterior

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; support pellicule] [VERIF 69 à 71bis-169 N° photographie 71X01335] taken in 1971 by Jean Gourbeix in Mémoire, [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1141/sap01_71x01335_p.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2017]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; support pellicule] [VERIF 69 à 71bis-169 N° photographie 71X01336] taken in 1971 by Jean Gourbeix in Mémoire, [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1141/sap01_71x01336_p.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2017]

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view of font

Scene Description: original Romanesque capital made into a baptismal font

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [Négatif noir et blanc ; gélatino-bromure ; support pellicule] [VERIF 69 à 71bis-169 N° photographie 71X01337] taken in 1971 by Jean Gourbeix in Mémoire, [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/1141/sap01_71x01337_p.jpg] [accessed 7 September 2017]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21476MAN
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges-du-Plain
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: rue de Sablé, Saint-Georges du Plain, 72000 Le Mans, France -- Tel.: 02 43 28 35 64
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: Formely an autonomous municipality, Saint-Georges-du-Palin was merged into Le Mas in 1855; now in its 'quartier Saint-Georges'
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Historical Region: Pays de la Loire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: original church 12thC; enlarged 1930s
Former Romanesque capital re-cycled [date unknown] as a monolithic baptismal font in this church; usual capital shape, square-to-round, with beautiful acanthus decoration, on a plain cylindrical stem with a roll moulding atop. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM72000527]: "ancien chapiteau transormé en fonts baptismaux [...] 12e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: No.: 71X01337].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 0' 14'' N, 0° 11' 46'' E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square-to-round (mounted) -- capital shape
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
Font Height (less Plinth): 60 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 82 x 82 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM72000527]