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
Font ID: 25166CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval [basin only]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Chammes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church documented 1125; as a possession of the abbaye d'Évron
Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, Chammes, 53270 Sainte-Suzanne-et-Chammes, France
Site Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: altered font (on a modern base now)
Font Notes:
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[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].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 695186 5327973
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.075131, -0.379509
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 4′ 30.47″ N, 0° 22′ 46.23″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal