Crollon

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03380CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Champcervon, also in the diocese of Avranches
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Crollon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50220 Crollon, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D107, 10 km S of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941) describe this font, and the one at Champcervon, as rectangular, with the angles trimmed, and having the chamfer finish directly on the lower base, also square, without the presence of any pedestal; they (ibid.) note the presence of a shell and a cross on two sides of the lower base and that of oval motifs on the chamfer faces.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 619122 5382563
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.584818, -1.384724
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 35′ 5.35″ N, 1° 23′ 5″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

  • Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 93