Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03374NOT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (?), Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Rue des Moulins, 50210 Notre-Dame-de-Cenilly, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D29-D38 crossroads, 20 km SW of Saint-Lô, about 20 km ESE of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941): tall octagonal basin ornamented with a blind frame made of a groove; the chamfer is ornamented in the same way; the base is also octagonal and very short, giving the font a very unbalanced look. The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) lists simply a granite baptismal font in this church.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 627453 5428454
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.99582, -1.257575
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 59′ 44.95″ N, 1° 15′ 27.27″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV B 119-120
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 91