Saint-Jean-du-Corail

INFORMATION

FontID: 03319JEA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Jean-du-Corail

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: 50140 Mortain-Bocage, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D37-D42 crossroads, just S of Mortain, 30-35 km E of Avranches

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th century (?), Renaissance

Cognate Fonts: Notre-Dame-du-Touchet, nearby

Church Notes: present 14thC church replaced an earlier medieval building; modified 18thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as having a rectangular basin mounted on two rectangular pillars; the basin is double inside, without any external sign of it; the only ornamentation noted is the slight trimming of the basin corners, moulding in the chamfer and a large perle motif at the capitale of the base pillars. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_(Saint-Jean-du-Corail)#cite_note-Caoa-3] [accessed 28 March 2027] reports a 16th-century font in it: "fonts baptismaux à double cuve moulurée, sur deux colonnes datent du 16e siècle".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.609498, -0.912072

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 36′ 34.19″ N, 0° 54′ 43.46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

REFERENCES

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