Mancelliere-sur-Vire / La Mancellière-sur-Vire

INFORMATION

FontID: 03295MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Mancellière-sur-Vire
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: Rte Val de Vire, 50750 Bourgvallées, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D449, 7 kms S of Saint-Lô
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA50000033]
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941) report that this font, now totally plain and with a cylindrical base, was probably like the one at Ouville originaly. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50011780]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] Cuve circulaire, base hexagonale à six pédicules hexagonaux [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 32, d = 74 (cuve) ; h = 16, d = 76 (base) [...] Oeuvre restaurée [...] Manque le fût, remplacé par une maçonnerie circulaire."

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.069283, -1.07085
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 4′ 9.42″ N, 1° 4′ 15.06″ W
UTM: 30U 640903 5436950

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 74 cm*
Basin Total Height: 32 cm*
Height of Base: 16 cm*

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-26 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941