Genets No. 2 / Genêts

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03286GEN
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century[Vivier-Seguin], Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Genêts
Font Location in Church: At the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Rue de l'Entrepont, 50530 Genêts, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: recycled font: a case of a recovered identity: According to Vivier-Seguin this octagonal pedestal font was made to replace the Gothic font at the parish church in the 16th or 17th century; but is now (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)
Font Notes:
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

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

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, p. 79