Feuillie / La Feuillie

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design element - architectural - arcade - blind

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design element - architectural - column - clustered columns - with capitals and bases - 4

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design element - motifs - foliage - waterleaf

Scene Description: forming the capitals of the outer colonnettes

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design element - motifs - roll moulding - graded

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de La Feuillie et son reflet dans le plan d'eau."

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonds [sic] baptismaux de l'Église de La Feuillie, XIIe" -- showing significan damage to the upper basin side beneath the cover on the left side

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03260FEU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de la Feuillie
Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas
Church Location: 7 Rue Jardinier Deslandes, 50190 La Feuillie, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D94, 6-8 km SE of Lessay, 6 km W of Périers, about 18 km N of Coutances. Many interesting fonts listed nearby.
Historical Region: Le Coutançais
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar in general to the font at Millières but the basin is octagonal
Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as being more evolved ("évolué") than the one at Millières: the basin is now octagonal, the arches of the basin sides are more marked and the capitals of the base columns well finished, although the colonnettes of the base are still constructional (Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.17699, -1.47897
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 10′ 37.16″ N, 1° 28′ 44.29″ W
UTM: 30U 610855 5448245

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal and flat; appears modern

REFERENCES

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