Montgothier

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux de l'église Notre-Dame d'Isigny-le-Buat (Montgothier)"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03328MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Montgothier
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Le Bourg de Montgothier, 50540 Isigny-le-Buat, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D479, about 20 km ESE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside te church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century (?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Mesnil-Tôve
Church Notes: 16thC church; modified 18th, 19thC
Vivier-Seguin (1941), using Seguin's own description: a large round basin 90 cms tall rests on an octagonal base and has two small basins attached to the large bowl, but as V-S indicate they hardly deserve the name ("leur hauteur ne dépasse guère celle du socle"). It is a rather peculiar design as the auxiliary basin is located almost at floor level.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.643192, -1.193041
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 38′ 35.49″ N, 1° 11′ 34.95″ W
UTM: 30U 633104 5389368

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Basin Total Height: 90 cm (Vivier-Seguin)
Notes on Measurements: Vivier-Seguin (1941)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: round, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

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