Mesnil-Bonant
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03366MES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Ver, nearby
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: church documented 1210;
Church Address: 50450 Le Mesnil-Bonant, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D0-D98 crossroads, 4-5 km SE of Gavray, 8-9 km E of Ver, listed with a similar font.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as being similar to the font at Ver, a nearby village: an octagonal basin supported on an octagonal base. The entry for this church in the French Wikipedia [https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Le_Mesnil-Bonant] [accessed 31 March 2025] reports a font made of granite in the 16th century: "des fonts baptismaux en granite (XVIe)"
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.899678, -1.299127
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 53′ 58.84″ N, 1° 17′ 56.86″ W
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, p. 88