Lorbehaye / L'Orbehaye

INFORMATION

FontID: 03376LOR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Georges de Lorbehaye

Church Patron Saints: St. George

Church Location: Le Bourg, 50450 L'Orbehaye, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D51-D440 crossroads, in the municipality and 2 km E of Montaigu-les-Bois

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the NW corner of the nave

Century and Period: 12th - 14th century (?), Medieval

Church Notes: church 12th, 13th, 17th, 18thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00110457]: "12e siècle ; 13e siècle ; 17e siècle ; 18e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a totally plain octagonal basin on an octagonal upper base resting directly on the ground. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50008854]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Granite [...] à huit côtés [...] Moyen Age [...] Nef, angle nord-ouest".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.895389, -1.261306

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 53′ 43.4″ N, 1° 15′ 40.7″ W

UTM: 30U 627436 5417284

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-31 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.

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