Bourey
Results: 2 records
B01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind
Scene Description: all around the basin
B02: symbol - clover
Scene Description: In the spandrels of the arcade
INFORMATION
FontID: 03297BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Bourey
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Bourey, 50510 Cérences, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off (E) the D35, in the municipality and 2-3 km N of Cérences, about 20 km S of Coutances
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 13th - 14th century (?), Gothic
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin show a rectangular font with a high-relief arcade around the four sides (seven arches on the long side, six arches on the short one) and clover-leaf motif in the spandrels; there is a ledge-like upper rim and the lower part of the basin has the top of the capitals of the base carved in. The columns which originally made up the base had disappeared by the time of Vivier-Seguin's report [ca. 1941] (Vivier, 1941)
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.893433, -1.434074
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 53′ 36.36″ N, 1° 26′ 2.66″ W
UTM: 30U 614778 5416791
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)
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