Orval nr. Coutances

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design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: on the upper part of the basin

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

view of basin - interior

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

view of church exterior - crypt - entrance

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

view of church exterior - tower

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

view of church exterior - west view

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

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground [west end], left [south] side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 22 July 2011 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Orval_(50)_Église_08.jpg] [accessed 12 September 2017]

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view of font

Scene Description: disused, in the crypt

view of font

Scene Description: one of the 'objects' - in the crypt; notice the fragment of a stone crucifix next to it

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

view of font

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

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the moder (mid-19thC) font in use

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

view of font in context

Scene Description: disused, in the crypt

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 03243ORV

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Hélène d'Orval

Church Patron Saints: St. Helena

Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 50660 Orval, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Orval is located about 5 km SW of Coutances down the D971 dir. Granville. Many other interesting fonts listed in the area.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances

Historical Region: Le Coutançais

Font Location in Church: In the crypt

Century and Period: 13th century, Medieval

Church Notes: original (11thC?) church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110531] -- The church has a 17th-18th marble oval font used for baptisms [cf. Index entry for Orval No. 1]

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Medieval baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50000797]: "Fonts baptismaux d'époque romane." On-site notes: the crypt at the church of Orval [it has no access from the inside of the church; it has it own side door] houses two abandoned vessels: one is probably the font illustrated in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as having fluting ornamentation on the upper half of the basin, framed up and down by a roll moulding. V-S point out that it was done imitating a wooden vat, a common shape in early Romanesque fonts. The font is crudely carved and shaped, though not necessarily due to being an early font as much as its being the work of an unskilled carver. Although Vivier-Seguin suggest a 11th or 12th centuty date, we would suggest, at least, 13th century. V-S date the short base on which it now [ca. (1941] stands to a later date (Vivier, 1941). The second vessel in the damp crypt, now open to all airs, is an irregular stoup which has a square basin and an octagonal base. On-site notes: there is also a later font, probably Victorian; it is an oval pedestal font quite similar to the ones made in the area in the 16th century and on.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.013407, -1.47028

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 0′ 48.27″ N, 1° 28′ 13.1″ W

UTM: 30U 611856 5430073

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining

Notes on Measurements: Unable to take measurements on our on-site visit.

REFERENCES

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