Champcey / Cancedio / Canceio / Chanceium / Chanci
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view of church exterior - northwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Champcey"
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Image Source: digital photograph 21 April 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame_de_Champcey.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Champcey"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xfigpower, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 21 April 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame_de_Champcey_(2).JPG] [accessed 16 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Champcey - Nef"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xfigpower, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph 21 April 2014 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame_de_Champcey_-_Nef.JPG] [accessed 16 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03340CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century[Vivier-Seguin], Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Jean-le-Thomas and Céaux, also in Manche
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Champcey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church 12thC; much modified in the 18thC
Church Address: Champcey, Le Vieux Bourg, 50530 Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D241, 14 km NW of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a rectangular font, totally plain except for a horizontal groove and a raised moulding on the basin sides; dated to the 17th century. The entry for this church in Wikimanche [https://www.wikimanche.fr/Église_Notre-Dame_(Champcey)] [accessed 16 September 2023] mentions a font made of granite and its wooden cover in this 12th-century church ["L'église est construite au 12e siècle [...] fonts baptismaux à double cuve de granite et couvercle de bois"].
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 614176 5398172
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.72611, -1.44746
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 43′ 34″ N, 1° 26′ 50.86″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 76