Vessey / Vessay

Results: 4 records

design element - architectural - arch - blind

Scene Description: Appears on the source as a blind arch (?)

design element - motifs - floral

Scene Description: Each of the eight sides has a floral motif on it (a/p Vivier-Seguin)

symbol - cross - Maltese - in a circle

symbol - cross - saltire (St. Andrew's cross)

Scene Description: It could be just a "X"

INFORMATION

FontID: 03224VES
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Vincent de Vessey
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent
Church Location: Rte de Sacey, 50170 Pontorson, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Vessey (Malle has Vessay) is located off the D80, in the municipality and 8-9 km SE of Pontorson, about 30 km NW of Fougères. Several other interesting fonts listed in this area, including three at Bazouges-la-P. nearby (S-W)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century[Vivier-Seguin, Malle], Gothic? / Renaissance?
Church Notes: 11thC church; modified 16th, 17th
The octagonal font is beaker-shaped. Dated by Vivier-Seguin and Malle to the 16th century, it has a motif on each basin side. Vivier-Seguin describe them as: sides 1 and 5 have a trilobe in a circle, side 7 has a fleur-de-lis in a single Ogee arch, side 3 has a 6-petalled rosette inside a square, whereas sides 2, 4, 6 and 8 have a tetralobe motif inside a circle Below these, there is a torus which runs around the sides; below the torus, the base tapers in and appears plain (description based on ill. and caption in Malle, 1994 and info in Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.52391, -1.43139
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 31′ 26.08″ N, 1° 25′ 53″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, metal

REFERENCES

Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941