Moulines
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03321MOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Romagny, near Mortain, and Savigny-le-Vieux, nearby
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Moulines
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50600 Moulines, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.544903, -1.032398
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 basins
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 67-68