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view of church exterior - northwest view

Scene Description: the 18thC church built on the site of the Chapelle Saint-Roch
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
INFORMATION
FontID: 06222VIC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Gervais
Church Patron Saints: St. Gervasius [aka Gervais, Gervase]
Church Location: 14170 Vicques, France
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D148, between Jort (N) and Morteaux-Coulibœuf (S), 9 km SW of Saint-Pierre-sur-Dives, 12 km NE of Falaise, 16 km NW of Trun
Historical Region: Basse-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century,
Church Notes: present church built 1734 on the site of an old rural chapel, Chapelle Saint-Roch, to replace the earlier church that ended up too far from the centre of the village
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 1216) as a monolithic tub-shaped immersion font of the 16th century [NB: the object is totally plain and is of an odd shape for such a late date. The text in this source states "cuve à immersion en calcaire taillé fait office de fonts baptismaux" [=limestone immersion basin serving as baptismal font]]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.948333,
-0.076667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 56′ 54″ N,
0° 4′ 36″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, limestone (Caen stone)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
LID INFORMATION
Notes: there is a metal staple on one of the upper basin sides, which may have served to hook the cover to
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001