Trelly

INFORMATION

FontID: 03364TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Germain de Trelly
Church Patron Saints: St. Germanus of Auxerre [aka Germans, German, Germain]
Church Location: 39 Le Bourg, 50660 Trelly, France
Country Name: France
Location: Manche, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D49, about 10 km S of Coutances.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: church here mentioned 1145; present church 13thC+
Font Notes:
Described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as an octagonal basin mounted on a short octagonal base and looking rather massive dur to the squat proportions of the base; the flat wooden cover does not help either, add V-S.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.9606, -1.4253
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 57′ 38.16″ N, 1° 25′ 31.08″ W
UTM: 30U 615266 5424271

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Notes: cf. font notes

REFERENCES

Vivier, Em., Les Anciens fonts baptismaux du Département de la Manche, Avranches: Presses de "L'Opinion de la Manche", 1941