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BBU01: design element - patterns - X-motif - inside a square

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

cleric - 4

Scene Description: one of them is probably a bishop

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

cleric - holding candle

Scene Description: to the right of the one carrying a processional cross

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

cleric - holding processional cross

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - circle

Scene Description: all over the scene, sometimes in a vertical arrangement; most have a dot in the centre

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - circle - 3 in a vertical row

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

human figure - on horseback

Scene Description: three are visible on this side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

human figure - on horseback - carrying a flag or standard

Scene Description: NB: Palissy [ref.: PM50000258] suggests that the lower part of the standard is an inscription, the letter 'H' ["lettre H (sur l'étendart avec la croix de saint André tenu par l'un des cavaliers)"

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

human figure - warrior - with battle ax

Scene Description: one such seen here on the left; more elsewhere

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

human figure - warrior - with battle ax - 2

Scene Description: more elsewhere

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

sacrament - baptism - procession

Scene Description: as identified in Enlart, Vivier-Seguin, etc. [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

symbol - bishop's staff

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

view of basin - detail

Scene Description: in this slanted view of the standard bearer the curvature of the font creates a trompe-l'loeil that makes the fringe of the flag look like the letter H, as claimed in Palissy [ref.: PM50000258]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Sainte-Marguerite_de_Contrières_-_Fonts_baptismaux.JPG] [accessed 29 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of basin - detail

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 25 September 2018 in Ouest-France [www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/quettreville-sur-sienne-50660/les-fonts-baptismaux-du-xe-et-xie-siecles-renoves-5984620] [accessed 29 January 2021]

Copyright Instructions: No known copyright restriction / Fair Dealing

view of basin's top

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Sainte-Marguerite_de_Contrières.JPG] [accessed 29 September 2016]

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view of church exterior - southwest end

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2009 by Ikmo-ned [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FranceNormandieContrieresEglise.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 February 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Sainte-Marguerite_de_Contrières_-_Nef.JPG] [accessed 29 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 June 2009 by Ikmo-ned [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:FranceNormandieContrieresEgliseFonts.jpg] [accessed 29 September 2016]

Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0,2.5,2.0,1.0

INFORMATION

FontID: 02916CON

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Marguerite

Church Patron Saints: St. Margaret of Antioch [aka Margaret the Virgin, Marina]

Church Location: Le Manoir, 50660 Contrières, Quettreville-sur-Sienne, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D76, W of the D7, 7-8 km SW of Coutances, 30 km WSW of Saint-Lô [NB: Contrières is since 1 January 2019 part of the municipality of Quettreville-sur-Sienne, but each has retained its church]

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances (–Avranches)

Historical Region: Basse-Normandie

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end, N side

Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: 11thC church

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Enlart (1902) groups this font with other 11th-century "cuves circulaires sans pied" and describes the ornamentation as a baptismal procession with accompanying knights. Vivier-Seguin (1941) have a similar description of the scenes around the basin and propose that if the bottom of the basin of the actual font could be studied properly, it might turn out to have had a columnar base such as is depicted on the scenes. The present base appears to be of a later date. Described in Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie (1985: 133 nos. 375, 376, 377), where the decoration is described as "énigmatique" but it is suggested that it may represent a procession. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50000258] as a baptismal fiont of the 12th century made of limestone: "Les fonts sont en pierre calcaire, tandis que leur couvercle est en bois. La cuve est circulaire. Une procession de 14 personnages dessinés au trait circule dessus. [...] Inscription : lettre H (sur l'étendart avec la croix de saint André tenu par l'un des cavaliers)." [NB: the 'H' inscription referred to in Palissy is probably the tasseled fringe that adorns the flag]. On-site notes [17 June 2000]: due to the height of the font, 82 cm without plinth, it is very unlikely that it would have had any other base than a simple and short one to keep it in the normal height range of these early fonts; the font shows clear signs of reconstruction on the upper rim; the discoloration present in the lower part of the basin may well be due to its being partially buried and the consequent damage caused by humidity. The medieval font is reported restored in a 25 September 2018 article in Ouest-France [www.ouest-france.fr/normandie/quettreville-sur-sienne-50660/les-fonts-baptismaux-du-xe-et-xie-siecles-renoves-5984620] [accessed 29 January 2021] where the incised decoration on its sides is described as "quatorze personnages, quatre cavaliers marchent en tète d’une procession religieuse [...] Les travaux de rénovation de ces fonts baptismaux ont duré plus de deux ans et se sont achevés cet été. La pierre a retrouvé sa couleur d’origine, les sculptures ont été remises en valeur le couvercle qui protège ces fonts est tout neuf. Cette pièce rare pour l’époque donne à cette église du XIe siècle un cachet particulier et remarquable."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.988144, -1.430839

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 59′ 17.32″ N, 1° 25′ 51.02″ W

UTM: 30U 614798 5427324

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (granite (Vivier-Seguin))

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: metal lining

Rim Thickness: 10-12 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 68-69 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 90-95 cm* / 92 cm***

Basin Depth: 35 cm* / 32 cm***

Height of Basin Side: 45 cm**

Basin Total Height: 66 cm* / 50 cm***

Height of Base: 16 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 82 cm* / 84 cm***

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Vivier-Seguin (1941) / *** Palissy [ref.: PM50000258]

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no

Notes: Two eye-hooks to secure the font cover are present at the upper surface of the rim

REFERENCES

"Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie", Printemps 1985, 92, Art de Basse-Normandie, 1985

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941