Vernix
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03385VER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Louis
Font Location in Church: Outside, in the graveyard
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Louis [originally dedicated to St. Martin]
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50370 Vernix, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D162, S of the D911, 15-16 km ENE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disused font [cf. FontNotes]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font described in Le Héricher (1845) as octagonal, on an octagonal base. This very large basin of a font was found by Vivier-Seguin (1941) damaged ("ébréchée") upside down in the church graveyard; they note that it had been recorded before its present damaged condition by Le Héricher [cf. supra]. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50007654]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Ancienne cuve des fonts baptismaux, de forme octogonale [Granite [...] Moyen Age [...] Objet déposé dans le cimetière."
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.715531, -1.224866
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 42′ 55.91″ N, 1° 13′ 29.52″ W
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. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
- Le Héricher, Avranchin monumental et historique, Avranches: [s.n.], 1845, vol. 1: 328
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 95 and footnote 98