Monceaux-au-Perche No. 2 / Moncelli / Moncellus in Pertico
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 21024MON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Notes: 12thC church
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 61290 Monceaux-au-Perche, France
Site Location: Orne, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located on the D111, 7 km SW of Longny-au-Perche, 16 km ESE of Mortagne-au-Perche, 50 km E of Alençon [NB: in Jan. 2016 Monceaux was merged with Longny-les-Villages].
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Chartres
Historical Region: Pays Longnycien, Basse-Normandie
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup illustrated in Mémoire [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2754/sap04_80l023970_p.jpg] [accessed 25 February 2017]. The stoup consists of a limestone basin of octafoil shape inside and out, the ribbed exterior tapering towards a rounded underbowl; raised on a pedestal base that is probably not the original one.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 330373 5372728
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.484769, 0.704383
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 29′ 5.17″ N, 0° 42′ 15.78″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octafoil, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octafoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: octafoiled
Drainage Notes: no lining