Conde-sur-Seulles / Condé-sur-Seulles
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06197CON
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: present church originaly the castle chapel; 12thC; modified 15th and 19thC
Church Address: Le Bourg, 14400 Condé-sur-Seulles, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D33-D94 crossroads, 8-9 km SE of Bayeux, 24 NW of Caen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 1: 97) as a baptismal font of the 17th century; the basin is hemispheric and ornamented with foliage floral/foliage motis; the base is octagonal and plain except for a couple of mouldings. The modern low pyramidal cover looks like an umbrella and has an orb-and-cross finial.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 672213 5455245
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.225756, -0.634712
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 13′ 32.72″ N, 0° 38′ 4.96″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat low-pyramidal wooden cover
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 97