Saint-Jores / S. Georgius / Saint Joire
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Scene Description: 19thC object described in the Wikimanche entry as a baptismal font but the photographer uses the word 'bénitier' i.e., holy-water stoup
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Image Source: digital photograph 11 August 2012 by Xfigpower [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Fichier:Église_Saint-Georges_de_Saint-Jores_-_Benitier.JPG] [accessed 26 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03296JOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-George de Saint-Jores
Church Patron Saints: St. George
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50250 Montsenelle, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D24, S of the D903, in the municipality of Montsenelle, 14 km N of Périers, 15 km W of Carentan
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: early-13thC church; damaged in 1944 (WWII); restored thereafter
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin borrow Renault's description: a hemispheric basin which has had a coat of plaster added on; it rests on a 5-column base (Vivier, 1941). This is not the font in use at present, which is described and illustrated in the Wikimanche entry for this church [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Georges_(Saint-Jores)] [accessed 26 March 2025]: "La cuve baptismale présente la particularité d'être la coquille d'un mollusque géant provenant de Tahiti. Le support est en fer forgé et l'ensemble fut dessiné par Bisslier, décorateur à Paris."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.303597, -1.421879
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 18′ 12.95″ N, 1° 25′ 18.76″ W
UTM: 30U 614722 5462404
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: hemispheric
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941