Mesnil-Tove / Tôve

INFORMATION

FontID: 03327MES

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste du Mesnil-Tôve

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Le Bourg, 50520 Juvigny les Vallées, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

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 Location in Church: Inside the church

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

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Cognate Fonts: Montgothier

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.70111, -1.02318

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 42′ 4″ N, 1° 1′ 23.45″ W

UTM: 30U 645449 5396116

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: double font

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (one) and hexagonal (the other)

REFERENCES

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