Moulines

INFORMATION

FontID: 03321MOU

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin de Moulines

Church Patron Saints: St. Martin

Church Location: Le Bourg, 50600 Moulines, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D371, S of Mortain, 29 km NE of Fougères, not far from Savigny-le-Vieux, listed with a similar font; many other listed fonts in the area.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Cognate Fonts: Romagny, near Mortain, and Savigny-le-Vieux, nearby

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin (1941) mention three fonts of similar type [cf. Index entries for Moulines, Romagny No.1 and Savigny-le-Vieux]: they all have a double basin indicated outside by a narrowing of the middle area between the two. The one at Moulines has as base a pair of broad short columns with some mouldings as the only ornamentation (Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.544903, -1.032398

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 32′ 41.65″ N, 1° 1′ 56.63″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: double font

Basin Exterior Shape: double

REFERENCES

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