Saint-James / Beuvron / Beuvron-les-Monts / Sanctus Jacobus

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03275JAM

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Century and Period/Style: Romanesque

Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jacques de Saint-James [now at the parish church of St-Benoit nearby]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. James the Greater

Church Address: 50240 Saint-James, France

Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Saint-James was an ancient hamlet; now in the new [2017+] municipality of Saint-James; it is located off the D30-D998 crossroads, about 20 km ESE of Pontorson -- Saint-Benoit is located off (E) the D998, just N of Saint-James

Font Notes: Click to view

Vivier-Seguin, after Le Héricher, report that this font was moved to the parish church of Saint-Benoit nearby, and that it is a Romanesque font (Vivier, 1941)

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 624013 5375816

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.523194, -1.320444

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 31′ 23.5″ N, 1° 19′ 13.6″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: type unknown

Font Shape: unknown

Basin Exterior Shape: Unknown

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 39