Ger nr. Mortain

INFORMATION

FontID: 03389GER

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Matthieu de Ger

Church Patron Saints: St. Matthew

Church Location: Rue du Parc la Motte, 50850 Ger, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D82, D83 and D157 confluence, 20 km E of Mortain

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the new church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: earlier 17thC church demolished 1923; new church of 1921-1927

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941): carved in beautiful granite, the font has a plain dodecagonal basin with chamfered bottom; the base has also twelve sides and is ornamented with mouldings and two torus; the lower base is reported as slightly wider.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.682454, -0.788363

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 40′ 56.83″ N, 0° 47′ 18.11″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: dodecagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: dodecagonal

REFERENCES

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