Montviron
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03390MON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Montviron
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 13thC church; tower added 1657;
Church Address: 50530 Sartilly-Baie-Bocage, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D61, 6 km NW of Avranches.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.736548, -1.421238
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, p. 96