Beauficel

INFORMATION

FontID: 03368BEA

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Beauficel

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Pl. Saint-Pierre, 50150 Beauficel, France -- Tel.: +33 2 33 48 97 61

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D39, 13 km N of Mortain, 26 km W of Avranches

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance

Church Notes: 16thC church

Font Notes: Click to view

Like the one at Maupertuis, this font is described by Vivier-Seguin (1941) as a plain Renaissance granite font, with octagonal basin and base and a very short, also octagonal, lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.74078, -0.96128

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 44′ 26.81″ N, 0° 57′ 40.61″ W

UTM: 30U 649885 5400645

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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