Crollon

Results: 2 records

LBS01: symbol - shell

On two sides of the lower base (a/p Vivier-Seguin's identification)
Scene Description: On two sides of the lower base (a/p Vivier-Seguin's identification)

LBS02: symbol - cross

On two sides of the lower base (a/p Vivier-Seguin's identification)
Scene Description: On two sides of the lower base (a/p Vivier-Seguin's identification)

INFORMATION

FontID: 03380CRO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Crollon
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Le Bourg, 50220 Crollon, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D107, 10 km S of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Champcervon, also in the diocese of 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

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

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