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

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03295MAN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century (?), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de La Mancellière-sur-Vire
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA50000033]
Church Address: Rte Val de Vire, 50750 Bourgvallées, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D449, 7 kms S of Saint-Lô
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: altered font [cf. FontNotes]
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

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

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. 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, p. 50