Gohanniere / La Gohannière

INFORMATION

FontID: 03251GOH

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located 9 kms east of Avranches off the D104 (dir. Brecey)

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque

Cognate Fonts: Bouvaincourt (a/p Vivier, 1941)

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

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