Precey / Précey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03273PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century (?), Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Berthevin à Précey [formerly at the parish church; now disappeared]
Font Location in Church: Disappeared
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Berthevin
Church Notes: church documented 11thC; re-built 19thC
Church Address: Le Presbytère, 50220 Précey, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Précey is located off the D313, E of the N175, 6-7 km S of Avranches.
Additional Comments: recycled font: disappeared by 1941
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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.607785, -1.376534
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, p. 39