Bourey

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03297BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 14th century (?), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Bourey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Bourey, 50510 Cérences, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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 The columns which originally made up the base had disappeared by the time of Vivier-Seguin's report [ca. 1941] (Vivier, 1941)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

UTM: 30U 614778 5416791
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.893433, -1.434074
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 53′ 36.36″ N, 1° 26′ 2.66″ W

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, p. 52