Saint-Georges-le-Flechard / Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard (53). Façade principale."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2016
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 3 May 2016 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard_(53)_Église_01.JPG] [accessed 18 December 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église de Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard (53). Nef."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 3 May 2016 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard_(53)_Église_02.JPG] [accessed 18 December 2023]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of basin in context
![[cf. FontNotes]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/others/permission_not_available.jpg)
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
Image Source: digital photograph [source unknown] provided by Pol Herman
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE – IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25170FLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font2, fragment?
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Georges à Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: church first mentioned 1125; present church is 19thC (1874-1878) re-building
Church Address: 5 Rue des 4 Vents, 53480 Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard, France
Site Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D291-D579 crossroads, 2-3 km WSW of Vaiges, about 22 km E of Laval
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Laval
Additional Comments: disused font? (the one from the 12thC(?) church here)
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have found no information on the font of the 12thC(?) church here, but we received a photograph of what looks very much like the round basin of a baptismal font abandoned on a yard; it could be the medieval font discarded in the 19th-century re-building]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 685706 5323471
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.0375, -0.508611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 2′ 15″ N, 0° 30′ 31″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round