Mortain No. 3
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03334MOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle de l'Hospice de Mortain [ancienne église paroissiale de Rocher]
Church Notes: Vivier-Seguin (1941) inform that the chapel of the Hospice where the font is located used to be the old parish church of Rocher.
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 40 km E of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Included by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a double 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, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: double-font
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 70