Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03370MIC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Ovin, also in Manche
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Michel de Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Michael
Church Notes: only lapidary fragments remain of the 14thC church
Church Address: Le Haut du Bourg, 50670 Saint-Michel-de-Montjoie, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 16 km SW of Vire, 50 km S of Saint-Lô
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 644980 5403041
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.763483, -1.027114
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 45′ 48.54″ N, 1° 1′ 37.61″ W
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, p. 89-90