Port-Bail / Portbail / Port Bail

INFORMATION

FontID: 09317POR

Object Type: Baptismal Font3

Church/Chapel: [baptistery]

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located on the D-15, 7 km SE of Carteret

Century and Period: 4th century (?), Early Christian

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Boüard (1957: 1-22). Described in Davies (1962: 5, 19, 25ff): "hexagonal font within a hexagonal baptistery [...], uncertaing date, possibly though doubtfully as early as the fourth century"

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Shape: hexagonal (sunken tank)

Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

Les premiers monuments chrétiens de la France, Paris: A. Picard ; Ministère ce la culture et de la francophonie, Direction du patrimoine, Sous-direction de l'archéologue, 1995-1998

Boüard, M. de, "Le baptistère de Port-Bail (Manche)", IX (1957), C.A., 1957, pp. 1-22; p. 1-22

Davies, J.G., The Architectural Setting of Baptism, London: Barrie and Rockliff, 1962