Vrasville
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03351VRA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: La Baleine (Manche)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Sébastien de Vrasville [aka Église Saint-Martin]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sebastian
Church Notes: church documented 1250
Church Address: La Rue 50330, 50330 Vicq-sur-Mer, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D116, in the municipality and 1-2 km WNW of Vicq-sur-Me, 15-20 km ENE of Cherbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font? / sold font? (the one from the mid-13thC church here [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font as being similar to the one at La Baleine except that they are made of limestone; flat wooden cover. The entry for this church church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Église_Saint-Martin_de_Vrasville] [accessed 30 March 2025]
quotes from a mid-18th century visit which reported on its state, declaring the church and its font to be in good shape: "Dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, lors des visites ecclésiastiques, l'église est dite en assez bon état comme les fonts baptismaux." The same Wikipedia entry [cf. supra] refers to "Bavay, Vikland n°6, p. 45" to report the sale of the church furnishings, including the font: "Le 24 juin 1794, le mobilier est vendu : le maître-autel, les deux petits, le confessionnal, les fonts baptismaux ainsi que la croix de cimetière, le coq et la croix du clocher, à charge de les déposer. La vente rapportera 85 livres, 17 sous et 6 deniers".
quotes from a mid-18th century visit which reported on its state, declaring the church and its font to be in good shape: "Dans la seconde moitié du XVIIIe siècle, lors des visites ecclésiastiques, l'église est dite en assez bon état comme les fonts baptismaux." The same Wikipedia entry [cf. supra] refers to "Bavay, Vikland n°6, p. 45" to report the sale of the church furnishings, including the font: "Le 24 juin 1794, le mobilier est vendu : le maître-autel, les deux petits, le confessionnal, les fonts baptismaux ainsi que la croix de cimetière, le coq et la croix du clocher, à charge de les déposer. La vente rapportera 85 livres, 17 sous et 6 deniers".
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 617393 5505994
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.695015, -1.372211
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 41′ 42.05″ N, 1° 22′ 19.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 60 x 30 cm (Vivier-S.)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 82