Maupertuis
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03367MAU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Maupertuis
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 15thC church; restored 1933
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50410 Maupertuis, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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 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
UTM: 30U 631732 5423916
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.954118, -1.200586
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 57′ 14.83″ N, 1° 12′ 2.11″ 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