Mesnil-Bonant

INFORMATION

FontID: 03366MES

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale

Church Location: 50450 Le Mesnil-Bonant, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

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 Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Cognate Fonts: Ver, nearby

Church Notes: church documented 1210;

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.899678, -1.299127

Church 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