Catz

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, vue générale"

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Image Source: digital image of an undated B&W photograph by Jean Seguin [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/AP50W00503] [accessed 30 March 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03347CAT
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Grégoire-le-Grand de Catz par Carentan-les-Marais
Church Patron Saints: St. Gregory the Great
Church Location: Rue de l'Église, 50500 Carentan-les-Marais, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D613, N of the N13, in the municipality and 6 km E of Carentan-les-Marais
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 17th century(late), Baroque
Mentioned in passim in Vivier-Seguin (1941) but with a clear photograph by Jean Seguin [cf. ImagesArea]; late-17th cent. Baroque font at Catz: a slender ribbed pedestal supports a rounded basin whose upper part has a rim ornamented with a ball-and-socle pattern above a deep scotia; below this the basin bulges with prominent ribs; on one side an angel head and wings protrudes from the scotia and above a coat of arms carved over the ribs of the basin; there is a tallish conical cover with a globe and cross finial; the lower base is a torus-scotia-torus moulding arrangement. The caption says "calcaire". Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50000171]: "Fots baptismaux [...] Calcaire [...] 4e quart 17e siècle [...] H = 111 ; la = 75 [...] Nef, angle sud-ouest". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP50W00503]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.311136, -1.17867
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 18′ 40.09″ N, 1° 10′ 43.21″ W
UTM: 30U 632382 5463640

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 111 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes[

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. Accessed: 2025-03-30 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: 2025-03-30 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