Mesnil-Tove / Tôve
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03327MES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Montgothier
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Mesnil-Tôve
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50520 Juvigny les Vallées, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D55, in the municipality and N of Juvigny les Vallées, about 30 km E of Avrances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin (1941) mention J. Seguin's description: this double font has two basins (the large octagonal, the smaller hexagonal) attached at one of the sides and identify them as similar in form, origin and date to the font at Montgothier.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 645449 5396116
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.70111, -1.02318
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 42′ 4″ N, 1° 1′ 23.45″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: double-font
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) octagonal 2) hexagonal
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 69