Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte / Sauveur sur Douve

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animal - mammal - lion - claw - 4

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animal - mammal - lion - head - 4

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coat of arms

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design element - motifs - moulding

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - roll moulding

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design element - motifs - vine

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design element - patterns - crenellated

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design element - patterns - crenellated

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design element - patterns - gadrooned or ribbed

Scene Description: All around the underbowl

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view of basin - interior - detail

Scene Description: the partition in the inner basin appears to be a later addition, not part of the original interior

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte."

Image Source: digital photograph 6 August 2012 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Jean-Baptiste_de_Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte.JPG] [accessed 29 March 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03335SAU

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste de Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte

Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist

Church Location: Pl. de l'Église, 50390 Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D15, W of the D900, 14-15 km S of Valognes, about 45 km S of Cherbourg.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Historical Region: Le Cotentin

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW corner

Date: 1572

Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified since

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as one of the most beautiful Renaissance fonts of the Manche; the basin is rounded with a slightly prominent upper rim ornamented with a band of crenellation below it; there is a band of curled foliage motifs underneath followed down by a rib-like arrangement forming the lower side and the underbowl. The base is a pedestal console with a cross base, each of the sides has an animal muffle at top and a lion claw motif at the bottom. V-S mention several "theories" about the origin of the font, including one which would make it a gift of a local abbey; they also refer to Montier's report that the local tradition had the coat of arms of the d'Harcourt family somewhere on the font, but there is no evidence to uphold either theory (Vivier, 1941); there are four coat of arms under the rim. The original basin was turned into a double-well by an insertion of a vertical marble divider. The lid is a flat brass (?) sheet cut in half and hinged so that it opens up on both sides. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte] [accessed 28 March 2025] notes: "fonts baptismaux datés de 1572". Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50001083]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] La cuve est de forme circulaire [...] 16e siècle [...] H = 117 ; d = 88 (Diamètre extérieur) ; Diamètre intérieur : d = 66 [...] Bas-côté nord, côté ouest". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP80L072977, APELR001466, AP50W02567].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.384388, -1.53178

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 23′ 3.8″ N, 1° 31′ 54.41″ W

UTM: 30U 606559 5471224

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round (now divided into two semi-circles)

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 11-12 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 68 cm* / 66 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 90 cm* / 88 cm**

Basin Depth: 28 cm*

Basin Total Height: 47 cm*

Height of Base: 70 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 117 cm* / **

Font Height (with Plinth): 132 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / ** Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, brass?

Notes: Flat metal lide opens up on the sides, hinged in the middle.

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-29 00:00:00. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-29 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.

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