Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte

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INFORMATION
FontID: 03338AUB
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de St-Aubin-de-Terregatte
Church Location: 50448 Saint-Aubin-de-Terregatte, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located at the D43-D178 crossroads, 26 km NW of Fougères, SSE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Avranches, Basse-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church Notes: original church documented ca. 1180; present church is modern;
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin describe this font as one of the most interesting of the region "par l'harmonie de leurs lignes" and report that Le Héricher has described them as not lacking in art. On-site notes: the granite font has an octagonal basin with several mouldings and a significant torus marking the lower part; the chamfer is plain in its larger upper part and has half-ball motif on the lower; the base, as tall as the basin, is also octagonal and widens slightly in sections giving the thin side of the font a chalice shape; at some point in time the inner basin of the font had a partition which gave it the customary (in this region) two wells; it is not known wether the partition was original or added later; be that as it may, it was removed and the removal damaged the sides of the basin, which have been roughly patched (a local handyman?). Flat cover, probably modern.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.576199, -1.300224
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 34′ 34.31″ N, 1° 18′ 0.8″ W
UTM: 30U 625375 5381740
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: no lining
Rim Thickness: 12-13 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 47 x 88 cm
Basin Depth: 25 cm
Basin Total Height: 50 cm
Height of Base: 40 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 60 x 106 cm
Trapezoidal Basin: 72 x 113 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site -- In "diameter of basin" read width and length both inside and out
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: Flat cover, probably 19th cent. Hinges and/or hinge marks are still present
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941