Bernay No. 1 / Bernai / Bernaicus / Bernaium / Bernay nr. Lisieux / Bernay-de-l'Eure / Bernaye / Berniacus / Berney / Brenaico
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Sainte-Croix in Bernay , Eure, Normandie, France."
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view of church interior - looking west
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bernay Sainte-Croix grandes orgues inscrites MH" -- the present baptismal font is discernible to the right of the west entranceway, seen here between the two pillars
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Sainte-Croix in Bernay , Eure, Normandie, France."
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Image Source: digital photograph 28 March 2019 by Stanzilla [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Sainte-Croix_de_Bernay_interieur.jpg] [accessed 11 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02530BER
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Sainte-Croix de Bernay
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy-Cross
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00018064]: "2e moitié 14e siècle ; 1ère moitié 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle ; 1ère moitié 18e siècle ; 19e siècle"
Church Address: 90 Rue Thiers, 27300 Bernay, France
Site Location: Eure, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Bernay lies 29 km SE of Lisieux off the N138-E402, 20 km N of Broglie, 33 km S of Pont-Audemer, 60 km N of Rouen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 14thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Chastel (1966, p. 288) notes a holy-water stoup adorned with vegetable motif in this church ["vasque ... sculpte de feuillages"]. The baptismal font is located at the west end of the nave; it is modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 324692 5440393
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.0914, 0.5987
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 5′ 29.04″ N, 0° 35′ 55.32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: unknown
Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown
REFERENCES
- Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966, p. 288