Beauficel
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03368BEA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Beauficel
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: 16thC church
Church Address: Pl. Saint-Pierre, 50150 Beauficel, France -- Tel.: +33 2 33 48 97 61
Site Location: Manche, Normandie, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
UTM: 30U 649885 5400645
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.74078, -0.96128
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 44′ 26.81″ N, 0° 57′ 40.61″ W
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, p. 89