Gohanniere / La Gohannière
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03251GOH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Bouvaincourt (a/p Vivier, 1941)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 9 kms east of Avranches off the D104 (dir. Brecey)
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin describe this font as made of a single granite block and shaped like an upside-down truncated pyramid; the base is very short; they compare it to the font at Bouvaincourt (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 628480 5396350
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: truncated-pyramid, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 26