Orval nr. Coutances
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the moder (mid-19thC) font in use
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view of font
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view of font
Scene Description: one of the 'objects' - in the crypt; notice the fragment of a stone crucifix next to it
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view of font
Scene Description: disused, in the crypt
view of basin - interior
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design element - patterns - fluted
Scene Description: on the upper part of the basin
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view of church exterior - crypt - entrance
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior - tower
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view of font in context
Scene Description: disused, in the crypt
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
![with the modern font in the foreground [west end], left [south] side](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1170912100_compressed.png)
Scene Description: with the modern font in the foreground [west end], left [south] side
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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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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03243ORV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-06-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Hélène d'Orval
Font Location in Church: In the crypt
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Helena
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]
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 50660 Orval, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: disused font (in the crypt)
Font Notes:
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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 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
UTM: 30U 611856 5430073
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.013407, -1.47028
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 0′ 48.27″ N, 1° 28′ 13.1″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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, p. 15