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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Prieuré de Graville, Le Havre, 2017"

Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2017 by Selbymay [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeHavreGraville_03.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2025]

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Prieuré de Graville, Le Havre, 2017."

Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2017 by Selbymay [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeHavreGraville_05.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2025]

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view of church interior - statue - fragment

Scene Description: Source caption: "Prieuré de Graville, Le Havre, 2017." -- known as "Vierge noire du Havre"

Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2017 by Selbymay [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LeHavreGraville_07.jpg] [accessed 7 March 2025]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02988GRA

Church/Chapel: Eglise priorale de Graville-Sainte-Honorine?

Church Location: Abbaye de Graville rue de l’Abbaye 76600 Le Havre -- Tel.: : 02 79 92 77 70 / 02 35 24 51 00

Country Name: France

Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie

Directions to Site: The abbey is located off (N) the D6015, 3 km W of Harfleur, 5-6 km E of Le Havre city centre

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Tournai font?

Church Notes: abbey founded 11thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00100694]: "Ce prieuré, fondé avant la fin du 11e siècle, comprend une abbatiale (11e-12e siècle) prolongée par un ensemble claustral. Ravagés pendant les guerres de Religion, les bâtiments conventuels ont été restaurés au long du 18e siècle. L'ensemble est bâti au centre d'un enclos ovoïde encore bien lisible, identifié comme l'assise foncière d'origine. Le musée du prieuré a été installé à partir de 1926."

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Listed by Enlart as a 11-12th century Tournai-like square font mounted on a five-column base (Enlart, 1902). A stoup of the Norman period is listed and illustrated in Parker (1850).

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.50344, 0.16444

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 30′ 12.38″ N, 0° 9′ 51.98″ E

UTM: 31U 294711 5487288

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902

Parker, John Henry, A Glossary of Terms used in Grecian, Roman, Italian and Gothic Architecture, Oxford: J. H. Parker, 1850