Servigny

INFORMATION

FontID: 03344SER
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Servigny
Church Location: Le Vieux Presbytère, 50200 Gouville-sur-Mer, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D274, 6-7 km NW of Coutances, in the municipality of Gouville-sur-Mer
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Century and Period: 15th - 18th century, Gothic? / Renaissance?
Church Notes: 12thC church; much modified 18thC
Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as chalice-shaped and made of limestone: a large hemispherical basin with two parallel grooves as the only ornament; the base is a broad column resting on a lower base which is round, with flagstones arranged in a radiant. V-S suggest that this may have been a Gothic font originally on a 5-column support base recarved in the 17th or 18th century. They report a wooden cover of four scroll holding up a globe.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.093612, -1.473275
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 5′ 37″ N, 1° 28′ 23.79″ W
UTM: 30U 611457 5438985

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Notes: The cover shaped like "quatre volutes supportant un globe" was reported by Vivier-Seguin ca. 1941

REFERENCES

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