Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie / Mont-Mars
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Clocher de l'église de Saint Mars"
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 June 2018 by Maelle Foucault [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Clocher_de_l'église_de_Saint_Mars.jpg] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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view of font
![Source caption: "Les fonts baptismaux du XIIIème siècle sont de grande dimension et en granit. L’intérieur de la cuve est divisé en 2 compartiments. Le plus petit est destiné à conserver l’eau baptismale, l’autre, percé en son fond, permet l’évacuation de l’eau versée sur la tête du baptisé." [NB: the presence of am internal partition of the basin si unlikely in a 13thC font -- is the font later, or was the partition added at a later date?]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Les fonts baptismaux du XIIIème siècle sont de grande dimension et en granit. L’intérieur de la cuve est divisé en 2 compartiments. Le plus petit est destiné à conserver l’eau baptismale, l’autre, percé en son fond, permet l’évacuation de l’eau versée sur la tête du baptisé." [NB: the presence of am internal partition of the basin si unlikely in a 13thC font -- is the font later, or was the partition added at a later date?]
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Image Source: digital photograph in Patrimoine et histoire Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie [https://stmarssurlafutaiepatrimoine.jimdofree.com/about/] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24995MAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Église Saint-Médard de Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie
Church Patron Saints: St. Medard [aka Medardus]
Church Location: 12 Rue de Bretagne, 53220 Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie, France
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D31-D290 crossroads, 24-25 km NE of Fougères
Historical Region: Le Bocage Mayennais / Bas-Maine / Maine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the nave
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 13th century / 15th - 16th century, Medieval
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: claims to an 11thC church destroyed by the winds and later occupied by Bernard de Tiron; re-built 12thC dependant on the Abbaye de St Jouin des Marnes -- [NB: the Prieuré Saint-Médard de la Futaie [Mérimée [ref.: PA00109603] is a private property and not open for visits]
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in Patrimoine et histoire Saint-Mars-sur-la-Futaie [https://stmarssurlafutaiepatrimoine.jimdofree.com/about/] [accessed 16 October 2023] notes and illustrates a baptismal font made of granite in the 13th century, its inner basin divided into two sections, the smqaller one of which has a drain hole ["Les fonts baptismaux du XIIIème siècle sont de grande dimension et en granit. L’intérieur de la cuve est divisé en 2 compartiments. Le plus petit est destiné à conserver l’eau baptismale, l’autre, percé en son fond, permet l’évacuation de l’eau versée sur la tête du baptisé." [NB: if the font is 13th-century, as claimed above, the internal division of the basin would be a later alteration -- otherwise the font should probably be assigned a later date].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.432059, -1.015272
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 25′ 55.41″ N, 1° 0′ 54.98″ W
UTM: 30U 646808 5366226
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal [double basins]
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]the drain hole is in the smaller part of the basin]