Maupertuis
INFORMATION
FontID: 03367MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Maupertuis
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50410 Maupertuis, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D13, about 15 km NE of Villedieu-les-Poêles, 24 km SE of Coutamces
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: 15thC church; restored 1933
Font Notes:
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Listed in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a plain Renaissance granite font: the octagonal basin is supported on an octagonal base
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.954118, -1.200586
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 14.83″ N, 1° 12′ 2.11″ W
UTM: 30U 631732 5423916
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