Gonfreville

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03258GON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century (?), Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Probably similar to Muneville-le-Bingard, etc.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Manvieu de Gonfreville
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Manvieu [aka Mange, Manvé, Manveus, Manvien, Mar-Wig] [5thC bishop of Bayeux]
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref. IA50000402]: "Edifiée au 13e siècle, l'église est remaniée à la fin du 15e siècle ou au début du 16e siècle, période de l'adjonction du clocher. Les voûtes en place ont été réalisées au cours du 4e quart 19e siècle. Un programme de restaurations est engagé vers 1950, suite aux dommages de 1944."
Church Address: 50190 Gonfreville, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Gonfreville is located off the D140-D197 crossroads, 7 km N of Périers, 14 km E of Lessay, about 25 km N of Coutances
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin confirm Renault's description as a font similar to the one at Muneville-le-Bingard, except for the trimmed angles: square mounted on a columnar base; the basin, as confirmed by Seguin, has a blind arcade of sorts (Vivier, 1941). Described in Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie (1985: p. 133 no. 369), where the basin is described as octagonal -obviously on account of the trimmed angles- decorated with a plain arcade and raised on four plain colonnettes (the image reference in this entry is "cliché M. Lelégard").

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 616931 5455291
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.23922, -1.39359
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 14′ 21.19″ N, 1° 23′ 36.92″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Number of Pieces: five?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

  • "Les siècles romans en Basse-Normandie", Printemps 1985, 92, Art de Basse-Normandie, 1985
  • Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 33