Le Mans
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view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
view of church exterior - south portal - detail
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Scene Description: Source caption: "Cathédrale Saint-Julien Le Mans ext Sculpture"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martpan, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 3 August 2019 by Martpan [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cathédrale_Saint-Julien_Le_Mans_ext_Sculpture.jpg] [accessed 27 November 2024]
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Scene Description: Source caption: " La Cathédrale Saint-Julien vue depuis la place des Jacobins - Le Mans (Sarthe)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Selbymay, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph 6 September 2012 by Selbymay [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Le_Mans_-_Cathedrale_St_Julien_ext_02.jpg] [accessed 27 November 2024]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 25736MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2023-06-23
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 18th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale St-Julien du Mans
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Chapelle des fonts
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Julian
Church Notes: original church probably 9thC; present building is 13thC with many later modifications
Church Address: Pl. St-Michel, Le Mans, France
Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France
Directions to Site: Le Mans is located off (S) the A11, the cathedral is located off (E) Quai Louis Blanc, on the E bank of the Sarthe river, about 80 km NNW of Tours
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (yje one(s) from the medieval church(es) here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of black marble consisting of an oval basin raised on a quadrangular baluster-type pedesta; base on a heptagonal plinth; decorated with a round moulding at the upper rim of the basin. Dome-shaped brass cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 291095 5321116
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.009167, 0.198889
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 0′ 33″ N, 0° 11′ 56″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: metal, brass
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]