Malloue / Malloué

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06198MAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame à Malloué
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111521]
Church Address: Ancien Presbytère, 14350 Souleuvre en Bocage, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Bény-Bocage, arrondissement de Vire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 1: 193) as an octagonal mounted baptismal font of the 17th century; the bain has plain vertical sides; the chamfer of the underbowl is also octagonal and plain. The base is rather odd, for, though its upper part matches the octagonal shape of the underbowl end, its lower end is a long rectangular shape, one rarely seen in this type of font. The plain flat wooden cover is of a later date.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 649397 5422657
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.93879, -0.959888
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 56′ 19.64″ N, 0° 57′ 35.6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat wooden lid

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 193