Cresserons
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 06211CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jacques
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. James
Church Notes: 12thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111259]
Church Address: Rue de Caen, 14440 Cresserons, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D221, S of the D35, 2 km SE of Douvres-la-Délivrande, 15 km N of Caen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from te 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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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 ornament; the basin is wide and shallow, its underbowl ornamented with ribbed motif; vase-shaped pedestal base. also decorated with similar ribbed patternl lower base is square. Flat plain wooden lid is modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 692314 5462781
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.287493, -0.355308
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 17′ 14.98″ N, 0° 21′ 19.11″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 1, p. 668