Notre-Dame-de-Livoye / Sancta-Maria-de-Liveto

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame-de-Livoye. Vue nord-est"

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame-de-Livoye. Vue ouest"

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Nef de l'église Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame-de-Livoye"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03372NOT
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de l'Assomption de Notre-Dame-de-Livoye
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50370 Notre-Dame-de-Livoye, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D162, 3 km NW of Brécey, 13 km NE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Date: 1691
Century and Period: 17th century[Vivier-Seguin], Renaissance
Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941): a late 17th century octagonal mounted font, plain except for an inscription across three sides of the basin [cf. Inscription]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.743442, -1.206041
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 44′ 36.39″ N, 1° 12′ 21.75″ W
UTM: 30U 631885 5400488

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: Across three of the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "DONE P. Me GORG EVAUG / RENTE/ PCDL / 1691" Vivier-Seguin's translation: "donné par Me Georges Vaugrente, prêtre, curé du lieu, 1691"
Inscription Source: Vivier, 1941, p. 90

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941