Montabot
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03383MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption de Montabot
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Address: L'Église, 50410 Montabot, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 13-14 km NW of Villedieu-les-Poêles, 35 km NE of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a smallish font: the rectangular basin is trimmed at the angles and ornamented at the bottom with a moulding; the chamfer rests on a base which is well-proportioned and has a round torus; the lower base is square and has the upper angles trimmed. V-S report a short wooden pyramidal cover.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 637255 5421816
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.934038, -1.125883
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 56′ 2.54″ N, 1° 7′ 33.18″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 94