Vaiges No. 4

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Pays de la Loire, Mayenne, Vaiges, place de l' Église. Bénitier n° 1"

INFORMATION

FontID: 25164VAI
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Laurent de Vaiges
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Pl. de l'Église, 53480 Vaiges, France
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D57, S of the A81. 25-30 km E of Laval, about 50 km W of Le Mans
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 16th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this stoup to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Holy-water stoup listed and illustrated in Région Pays de la Loire - Inventaire général [https://gertrude.paysdelaloire.fr/dossier/IM53002117] [accessed 17 December 2023]: "Le bénitier, peut-être du XVIe siècle, pourrait provenir de Loupfougères, Mayenne, apporté par l'abbé Bellanger au moment de la restauration de l'église consécutive à l'incendie de 1968 [...] La cuve est circulaire ornée de quatre grosses côtes. [...] granite, taillé [...] h = 19 ; d = 49". [NB: like the other stoup here in our BSI entry for Vaiges No.3 this object looks suspiciously like a medieval(?) grain or liquid measure, a crude unadorned tub with the characteristic four spurs or bulges at 90-degree angles]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.04104, -0.47711
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 2′ 27.74″ N, 0° 28′ 37.6″ W
UTM: 30U 688041 5323941

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 49 cm*
Basin Total Height: 19 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]