Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois / St-Nicolas-des-Bois

INFORMATION

FontID: 03382NIC

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Nicolas de Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois

Church Patron Saints: St. Nicholas

Church Location: 9 Rue de l'Église, 50370 Saint-Nicolas-des-Bois, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D162, W of the D999, 6-8 km NW of Brécey

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century [basin only], Renaissance [altered]

Font Notes: Click to view

This granite font is, according to Vivier-Seguin (1941), rectangular at the basin, which has slightly trimmed angles, and crudely cut; the cubic base they reckon as being modern.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.755968, -1.193656

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 45′ 21.49″ N, 1° 11′ 37.16″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

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