Genneville

Results: 2 records

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06215GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Similar in general shape to the font at nearby Ablon
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Ouen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]
Church Notes: 13thC church
Church Address: 31 B Rue de l'Église, 14600 Genneville, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D140, 6-7 km SSE of Honfleur, 35-40 km N of Lisieux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Historical Region: 31U 302180 5472204
Additional Comments: abandoned font - re-instated font: abandoned in the cemetery in the 19th cent.; later re-instated
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 921) as a tub-shaped monolithic baptismal font ornamented with a shallow-relief blind arcade of round arches al around the basin sides and stars at the edges. The flat wooden lid appears modern. It is very similar in general shape to other fonts in the area [e.g.: the font at Ablon, in the same canton]. This source informs that the font at Genneville had been abandoned in the cemetery in the 19th century, but it is now re-installed back inside the church.

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.3704, 0.275
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 22′ 13.44″ N, 0° 16′ 30″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern?
Material: wood, oak?
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and plain

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001, vol. 2, p. 921