Genets No. 1 / Genêts

Results: 2 records

B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind

Blind arcade of Ogee arches, two arches per side.
Scene Description: Blind arcade of Ogee arches, two arches per side.

BH01: human figure - head

Two, crudely rendered, at opposite angles of the basin upper area.
Scene Description: Two, crudely rendered, at opposite angles of the basin upper area.

INFORMATION

FontID: 03285GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Genêts
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Rue de l'Entrepont, 50530 Genêts, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D911, 5 km W of Vains, 7-8 km W of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941) report two fonts in the parish church at Genêts; this one, Gothic, made of granite and octagonal at both the basin and the base; the basin sides are ornamented with a blind arcade of Ogee arches, two per side, and, at two opposite corners, human masks/faces of rather crude manufacture; right under one of these is the side drain of the basin (a/p Vivier, 1941 ill. and notes)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.68516, -1.4783
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 41′ 6.58″ N, 1° 28′ 41.88″ W
UTM: 30U 611999 5393575

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: The drain hole is under one of the masks on the basin side.

REFERENCES

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