Genets No. 2 / Genêts

INFORMATION

FontID: 03286GEN
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
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century[Vivier-Seguin], Late Gothic
According to Vivier-Seguin (1941) this octagonal pedestal font was made to replace the Gothic font at the parish church in the 16th or 17th century; but is now [ca. 1941] used as a holy-water stoup. The Gothic font had recovered its original function by the time Vivier-Seguin documented the site in 1941 (Vivier, 1941)

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: pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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