Lapenty / Apentiz / Lapentils
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03316LAP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century[Vivier-Seguin], Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Ouen de Lapenty
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]
Church Notes: medieval church re-built 16thC
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50600 Lapenty, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Lapenty is located off the D84-D174 crossroads, 35-40 km NE Fougères, 6-7 km E of St-Hilaire-du-Harcouët.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a Renaissance font with two attached polygonal basins ornamented with mouldings and an inscription in Gothic lettering now [ca. 1941] too weathered to be decyphered; the rectangular base has trimmed angles and moulding ornamentation. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Ouen_(Lapenty)] [accessed 28 March 2025] reports "un bénitier et des fonts baptismaux du 16e siècle"
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 646975 5382522
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.578535, -1.007277
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 34′ 42.73″ N, 1° 0′ 26.2″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: double-font, polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, polygonal (both)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: [illegible]
Inscription Notes: Reported illegible already ca. 1941
Inscription Source: Vivier-Seguin
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 64-65