Cretteville

INFORMATION

FontID: 03312CRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Cretteville

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: Rue de Genest Fontaine, 50250 Picauville, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

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

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[Renault], Late Gothic

Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 15th, 17thC

Font Notes: Click to view

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

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.343349, -1.387362

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 20′ 36.05″ N, 1° 23′ 14.5″ W

UTM: -1.387362

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