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view of church exterior - southwest view
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view of church interior - looking east
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03365VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Ver
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50450 Ver, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D236, S of the D33, 3-4 km SE of Gavray-sur-Sienne, 20 km S of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Mesnil-Bonant, about 3 kms east
Church Notes: originally 11th-12thC; chiefly now 13thC; restored 1960s
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as one of the more elegant and better proportioned fonts of this period and style (plain Renaissance octagonal mounted).
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.893614, -1.392906
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 53′ 37.01″ N, 1° 23′ 34.46″ W
UTM: 30U 617795 5416874
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941