Rauville-la-Place
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design element - motifs - moulding - graded
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inscription
Scene Description: the date 1573, seen here on the right panel
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Laurent de Rauville-la-Place."
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Laurent de fr:Rauville-la-Place cuve en calcaire portant la mention "1573""
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03359RAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent de Rauville-la-Place
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Church Location: Le Village de l'Église, 50390 Rauville-la-Place, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D326, 14 km S of Valognes, 30-32 km S of Cherbourg
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse of Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1573
Century and Period: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified late-17thC
Font Notes:
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Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as an octagonal basin, plain other than a date "1573" on one of the sides; mounted on an octagonal pedestal and topped with a wooden dome cover. The basin has graded mouldings around the uunderbowl area. The wooden cover is octagonal with a large Latin-cross finial.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.389082, -1.504313
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 23′ 20.69″ N, 1° 30′ 15.53″ W
UTM: 30U 608531 5471790
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: Side of the basin
Inscription Text: "1573"
Inscription Source: Vivier-Seguin (1941, p. 86)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941