Ancteville

Results: 2 records

BS01: symbol - clover

Scene Description: One in each of the spandrels between the arches of the basin side.

LB01: animal

Scene Description: One under each colonnette a/p Vivier-Seguin's identification

INFORMATION

FontID: 03290ANE
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre d'Ancteville
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Le Bourg, Ancteville, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D393, about 7 km NNW of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16 century [Renault] / 12th century [Mon. Hist.] / 13th - 14th [Vivier-Seguin], Gothic
Cognate Fonts: Montchatton and Brainville, both in Manche
Included in Vivier-Seguin, the basin is hemispheric and fairly large, the base made of a broad central column and four other thinner ones at the corners, all five very short; there is a lower base trimmed around the feet of the outer colonnettes, where V-S identify animal forms, one under each. The basin has deep tri-lobed arches with clover motifs in the spandrels. The font has a very heavy aspect due to its squat base. Vivier-Seguin argue that the dating in Renault (15-16th cent.) and the one assigned by Monuments Historiques (12th cent.) are both off; they date it to the 13-14th cent. (description based on ill. and notes in Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.102473, -1.478855
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 6′ 8.9″ N, 1° 28′ 43.88″ W
UTM: 30U 611030 5439962

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric
Diameter (includes rim): 140 cm*
Basin Total Height: 66 cm
Notes on Measurements: *could be the circumference [diameter = 44.5 cm] (a/p Vivier-Seguin, 1941, p. 47-48

REFERENCES

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