Saint-Jean-des-Champs / Saint Jehan / Sancti Johannis de Campis

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint-Jean-des-Champs, Manche"

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xfigpower, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 21 April 2013 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean_de_Saint-Jean-des-Champs_-_Nef.JPG] [accessed 10 October 2023]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03315JEA
Church/Chapel: [formerly at the église paroissiale]
Church Location: [NB: address & coordinates are for the 19thC church] 2 Pl. de la Mairie, 50320 Saint-Jean-des-Champs, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Saint-Jean-des-Champs is located off the D151, about 10 km E of Granville, 20 km N of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: [disappeared]
Century and Period: 15th century [Le Héricher], Gothic
Cognate Fonts: the font at nearby Saint-Léger [cf. FontNotes]
Church Notes: 12th-13thC church burned down 1869; re-built thereafter -- Font disappeared
Vivier-Seguin (1941) report the font here as disappeared, and quote Le Héricher's description: elegant baptismal font of the 15th century is similar to the one at St-Léger and has a tall round base; the basin sides are embroidered with arabesques and have angles with open wings on the four sides; there was an inscription but it has been mutilated.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.827726, -1.464812
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 49′ 39.82″ N, 1° 27′ 53.32″ W
UTM: 30U 612672 5409442

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

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