Monceaux-au-Perche No. 2 / Moncelli / Moncellus in Pertico

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INFORMATION

FontID: 21024MON
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Jean Baptiste
Church Patron Saints: St. John the Baptist
Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 61290 Monceaux-au-Perche, France
Country Name: France
Location: Orne, Normandie
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 Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 14th century [basin only] [composite font], Medieval [composite]
Church Notes: 12thC church
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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.484769, 0.704383
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 29′ 5.17″ N, 0° 42′ 15.78″ E
UTM: 31U 330373 5372728

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octafoiled (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octafoiled
Basin Exterior Shape: octafoiled
Drainage Notes: no lining