Loges-sur-Brecey / Les Loges-sur-Brécey
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03326LOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Loges-sur-Brécey
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 13thC church; modified 16th, 18thC
Church Address: Le Bourg, 50370 Les Loges-sur-Brécey, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D239E, E of the D999, 5-6 km N of Brécey, 20 km NE of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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The only description available goes back to Le Héricher, ca. 1845, which Vivier-Seguin (1941) quote: two basins, one round, the other square. V-S say they did not verify their existence for inclusion in the 1941 listing.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 634085 5402981
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.765381, -1.175314
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 45′ 55.37″ N, 1° 10′ 31.13″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: double-font
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) round 2) square
REFERENCES
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 68-69