Mortain No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03333MOR
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1614
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[Vivier-Seguin]
Cognate Fonts: The font in the same church
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Saint-Évroult
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Ebrulf [aka Ebrulfus, Ebrulphus, Evroul, Evroult]
Church Notes: See also the font in this church and the granite font in the chapel of the Hospice de Mortain.
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located about 40 km E of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
Ruprich-Robert (1855) mentions a stoup here that may have served as font earlier, and reports that the base is buried in the ground below. Vivier-Seguin (1941) indicate that this stoup, which has the date 1614 inscribed on it, is in the same style as the baptismal font

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.648472, -0.94194
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 38′ 54.5″ N, 0° 56′ 30.98″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

  • Ruprich-Robert, V., "Bénitiers et fonts baptismaux du Moyen-âge et de la Renaissance", II (1855), Revue générale de l'architecture et des travaux publics, pp. 289-290, Pl. XXVI; p. 290
  • Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 70