Romagny No. 1
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view of font and cover - east side
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Romagny."
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view of church interior - north transept
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Vue de l'intérieur de l'église de Romagny"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © PanierAvide, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 16 August 2014 by PanierAvide [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Intérieur_de_l'église_de_Romagny_6.JPG] [accessed 28 March 2025]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03323ROM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Moulines and Savigny-le-Vieux, both south of Mortain
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Romagny
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 11thC original church; present church early-16thC
Church Address: 1 Le Bourg, 50140 Romagny Fontenay, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Romagny is located off the D133, 2-3 km E of Mortain, about 35 km E of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Le Mortainais
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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One of three double fonts of similar dating and style described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) [cf. BSI entry for hte Moulines font for general characteristics]; unlike the others, the basin at Romagny is shorter and with a fleur-de-lis motif, and the columns of its base are taller, giving this font a more elegant appearence.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 649815 5389422
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.6399, -0.9663
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 38′ 23.64″ N, 0° 57′ 58.68″ 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