Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie

INFORMATION

FontID: 03370MIC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel de Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie

Church Patron Saints: St. Michael

Church Location: Le Haut du Bourg, 50670 Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located 16 km SW of Vire, 50 km S of Saint-Lô

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

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

Cognate Fonts: Saint-Ovin, also in Manche

Church Notes: only lapidary fragments remain of the 14thC church

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin (1941): a Renaissance granite font similar to the one in Saint-Ovin: octagonal basin with tall chamfer is supported on a rather short octagonal base, but the added torus top and bottom help to maintain harmonious proportions.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.763483, -1.027114

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 45′ 48.54″ N, 1° 1′ 37.61″ W

UTM: 30U 644980 5403041

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

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