Montviron

INFORMATION

FontID: 03390MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Montviron
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 50530 Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D61, 6 km NW of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: 13thC church; tower added 1657;
Font Notes:
Vivier-Seguin (1941): the font has a plain basin with sixteen sides which taper in and get rounded in the underbowl; there is a central torus which connects the basin and the base; the base starts rounded at the top and, as it widens, it becomes octagonal and rests directly on a square plinth.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.736548, -1.421238
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 44′ 11.57″ N, 1° 25′ 16.46″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: polygonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: polygonal (16 sides)

REFERENCES

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