Gorges

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03254GOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Gorges [aka Église de la Nativité-de-Notre-Dame]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: mid-13thC church
Church Address: Rue du Petit Saint-Germain, 50190 Gorges, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D140, 5 km N of Periers, about 25 km N of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et d’Avranches
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941), after Renault, describe and illustrate the font as rectangular; the basin is plain except for a horizontal moulding about 2/3 down the sides and four heads, at the angles, just below it. The base is made up of five columns: one broad and plain at the centre and four colonnettes adorned with a torus abouth half-way up and square bases. The whole rests on a square plinth. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gorges_(Manche)#cite_note-29] [accessed 23 March 2025] reports "des fonts baptismaux du XIIe".

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 615885 5457204
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.256616, -1.407404
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 15′ 23.82″ N, 1° 24′ 26.65″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

  • Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 31