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view of font - northwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux - Fonds [sic] baptismaux." -- showing the openings of the two inner basins
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux."
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view of font in context - northwest side
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Juliette de Céaux (50). Intérieur. Fonts baptismaux." -- showing the openings of the two inner basins
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2011
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03341CEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century (?), Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: Saint-Jean-le-Thomas and Champcey
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Cyr et Sainte-Julitte de Céaux
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Cyricus [aka Cyriacus, Quiriac, Quiricus, Cyr] and St. Julitta
Church Notes: 12thC church; modified 15th, 17th, 19thC
Church Address: Rue André Parisy, 50220 Céaux, France
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D113, 5-6 km S of Avranches
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Notes:
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Le Héricher (1845) mention a font here: " Les fonts ne se distinguent que par leur énorme masse". Described in Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a plain rectangular granite font with trimmed corners and dated to the 17th century.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 618788 5387763
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.63164, -1.387772
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 37′ 53.9″ N, 1° 23′ 15.98″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: rectangular, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: polygonal (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
REFERENCES
- Le Héricher, Avranchin monumental et historique, Avranches: [s.n.], 1845, vol. 2: 232-243
- Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941, p. 76