Plessis / Le Plessis-Lastelle

INFORMATION

Font ID: 25847PLE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Date: n.d.

Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Sébastien du Plessis

Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sebastian

Church Address: 50250 Le Plessis-Lastelle, France

Directions to Site: Located off the D24-D140 crossroads, about 15 km N of Periers

Additional Comments: damaged font (a large part of one of the upper sides of the basin is missing) -- THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SOURCES ON THE TWO CHURCHES AT LA PLESSIS-LASTELLE, WITH MISALLIGNMENT OF DATA -- THERE COULD JUST BE THE ONE FONT, NOT TWO ["C'est un tel bazar parmi les sites qui en parlent (inversions de photos, noms aléatoires)"]

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50001419]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] La cuve est rectangulaire, portée par un pilier central cantonné de quatre colonnettes à chapiteaux [...] 2e moitié 12e siècle [...] H = 90 ; la = 75 [...] Bras du transept sud". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP50W02427] -- [cf. BSI entry for Lastelles]

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.