Precy-sur-Vrin / Précy-sur-Vrin
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view of church exterior - west portal
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François Goglins, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2014 by François Goglins [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Précy-sur-Vrin-FR-89-église-23.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2016]
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view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François Goglins, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 October 2014 by François Goglins [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Précy-sur-Vrin-FR-89-église-17.jpg] [accessed 20 June 2016]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03568PRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Léon de Précy-sur-Vrin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Leo II [Pope, 682-683]
Church Notes: original church 12thC; excellent mural paintings
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 89116 Précy-sur-Vrin, France
Site Location: Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Précy-sur-Vrin is located off the D3, 35-40 km S of Sens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Sens et Auverre
Historical Region: Bourgogne
Font Notes:
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Noted in Max Quentin's Répertoire archéologique du Département de l'Yonne (vol. 30, 1868: 167): "Les fonts baptismaux sont formés d'une cuve à base pattée, xii siècle." Listed in Corblet (1881-1882) simply as a 12th century font. Same in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-)
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 518533 5312785
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, II A 132
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 144