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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06209LIV
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin de Parfouru-l'Éclin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111500]
Church Address: 14240 Caumont-sur-Aure, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D31, NE of Cauomnt-sur-Aure, 20 km SW of Bayeux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 1: 564) as a 17th century baptismal font of the late type resembling a garden pot; the basin is wide and shallow, its sides ornamented with ribbed motif; vase-shaped pedestal base. also decorated with similar ribbed pattern. Stands on a very wide circular plinth.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 664161 5444856
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.134583, -0.749444
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 8′ 4.5″ N, 0° 44′ 58″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: mode
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: plain flat cover

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 564