Nay nr. Coutances

INFORMATION

FontID: 03261NAY
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Nay
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: Rue du Haut, 50190 Nay, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Nay is located off the D340, near Gonfreville, 24 km N of Coutances. Several other such fonts listed nearby.
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, NW chapel
Century and Period: 12th - 14th century, Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Gonfreville
Church Notes: medieval church destroyed in WWII; re-built on a new site thereafter
Information supplied by J. Seguin in Vivier-Seguin (1941): this is very similar to the font in neighbouring Gonfreville, a square limestone basin with rough sides; the base consists of a broad central square pedestal with a chamfer, and four hexagonal colonnettes. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM50009481]: "Fonts baptismaux ; couvercle des fonts baptismaux [...] Fonts baptismaux à cuve carrée supportée par un gros pied central hexagonal et quatre colonnettes hexagonales aux angles ; le pied et la cuve sont en pierre calcaire, le couvercle est en bois de chêne [...] Cuve datée du 12e siècle au 14e siècle ; les pieds et le couvercle ont été refaits au 20e siècle : les pieds qui avaient été brisés lors des bombardements de 1944, ont été refaits dans les années cinquante [...] Chapelle nord-ouest".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.239611, -1.373302
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 14′ 22.6″ N, 1° 22′ 23.89″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. Accessed: 2025-03-24 00:00:00. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.
Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941