Cuves

INFORMATION

FontID: 03375CUV

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Denis de Cuves [aka Saint-Denis-et-Saint-Gorgon]

Church Patron Saints: St. Denys [aka Denis, Dennis, Dionis, Dyonisius]

Church Location: 3 Pl. de l'Église, 50670 Cuves, France

Country Name: France

Location: Manche, Normandie

Directions to Site: Located off the D48-D911 crossroads, 4-5 km E of Brécey, 20 km E of Avranches.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Coutances et Avranches

Font Location in Church: Inside the church

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

Font Notes: Click to view

Described briefly in Vivier-Seguin (1941): the octagonal font with tall sides is totally plain except for a torus where the octagonal upper base meets the round lower base.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.71884, -1.10849

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 43′ 7.82″ N, 1° 6′ 30.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite (Vivier-Seguin)

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round?

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