Barenton
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Barenton (Normandie, France). L'église."
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: " Barenton, Manche"
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Image Source: digital photograph 13 March 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption_de_Barenton_-_Nef.jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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view of church interior - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Xfigpower, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph 13 March 2016 by Xfigpower [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption_de_Barenton_-_Nef_(2).jpg] [accessed 5 February 2022]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03343BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Barenton
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 38 rue Monteglise, 50720 Barenton, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D36-D490 crossroads, 9 km SE of Mortain-Bocage, 35-40 km NE of Fougères
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Historical Region: Basse Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, against the wall
Date: 1542
Century and Period: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Font Notes:
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According to Vivier-Seguin this goblet-shaped font, whose basin is ornamented with arches and an inscription bearing the date 1542, is only h half-font now, against the wall which gives the appearence of it being embeded in it; V-S write that this elegant font was used by the saintly Pierre Crestey, parish priest at Barenton between 1678 and 1703, and in it the visionary Catherine Théot, "qui eut son heure de célébrité à l'époque révolutionnaire", was baptised (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.600028, -0.832972
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 36′ 0.1″ N, 0° 49′ 58.7″ W
UTM: 30U 659762 5385261
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Notes: Reported illegible ca. 1941 except for the date "1542"
Inscription Location: On the basin side
Inscription Text: Mostly illegible, except for "1542"
Inscription Source: Vivier-Seguin in BIB491, p. 78
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941