Ger nr. Mortain
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03389GER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Matthieu de Ger
Font Location in Church: Inside the new church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Matthew
Church Notes: earlier 17thC church demolished 1923; new church of 1921-1927
Church Address: Rue du Parc la Motte, 50850 Ger, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D82, D83 and D157 confluence, 20 km E of Mortain
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.682454, -0.788363
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, p. 95