Cretteville
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03312CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century[Renault], Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Cretteville
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 15th, 17thC
Church Address: Rue de Genest Fontaine, 50250 Picauville, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de La Haye-du-Puits, which is 8 kms north of Lessay (Michelin atlas p. 12 B3)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Vivier-Seguin (1941) give Renault's description of this font as being of the 15th or 16th century, raised on a single pedestal; there are arches on each side of the hemispheric basin and some other ornamentation on it.
COORDINATES
UTM: -1.387362
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.343349, -1.387362
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 20′ 36.05″ N, 1° 23′ 14.5″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
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. 60