Chammes / Calisamen / Chama

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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Pierre de Chammes en Mayenne."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pymouss, 2015

Image Source: digital photograph 27 December 2015 by Pymouss [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chammes_-_Église_Saint-Pierre_02.jpg] [accessed 17 December 2023]

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital image [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman

Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE

INFORMATION

FontID: 25166CHA
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Chammes
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Pl. de l'Église, Chammes, 53270 Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes, France
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D125, 3 km SW of Sainte-Suzanne, in the municipality of Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes since 2016, 9 km S of Évron, 32 km E of Laval
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Historical Region: Bas Maine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: , Medieval [basin only]
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: church documented 1125; as a possession of the abbaye d'Évron
[NB: the only source we have for the font of the chhurch of Saint-Pierre in Chammes is an image without provenance or permission; it shows a crude and eroded octagonal basin that has been raised on a modern base and topped with a low-dome metal cover].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.075131, -0.379509
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 4′ 30.47″ N, 0° 22′ 46.23″ W
UTM: 30U 695186 5327973

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal