Precey / Précey

INFORMATION

FontID: 03273PRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Berthevin à Précey [formerly at the parish church; now disappeared]

Church Patron Saints: St. Berthevin

Church Location: Le Presbytère, 50220 Précey, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Précey is located off the D313, E of the N175, 6-7 km S of Avranches.

Font Location in Church: Disappeared

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque

Church Notes: church documented 11thC; re-built 19thC

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin (1941) report this font as disappeared already in 1941, and include Le Héricher's description of it being probably Romanesque and Pigeon's mention of the font being round and of primitive simplicity (Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.607785, -1.376534

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 36′ 28.03″ N, 1° 22′ 35.52″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown

Font Shape: round

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941