Saint-Georges-le-Flechard / Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard

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view of basin in context

Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]

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

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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

INFORMATION

FontID: 25170FLE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges à Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: 5 Rue des 4 Vents, 53480 Saint-Georges-le-Fléchard, France
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
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
Date: n.d.
Century and Period: 12th century [basin only], Romanesque [altered]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this object to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: church first mentioned 1125; present church is 19thC (1874-1878) re-building
[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]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.0375, -0.508611
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 2′ 15″ N, 0° 30′ 31″ W
UTM: 30U 685706 5323471

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round