Bieville-Beuville / Biéville-Beuville

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: with a neat know right on the front

B02: design element - motifs - knot

Scene Description: at the end of the moulding

R01: design element - motifs - roll moulding

Scene Description: all around the upper rim

INFORMATION

FontID: 06224BIE
Church/Chapel: Originally from the ancienne chapelle Saint-Martin [disappeared]
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located in the canton d'Ouistreham, arrondissement de Caen
Font Location in Church: [now at the Mairie [=town hall]]
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de Calvados (2001, v. 2: 1261) as a tub-shaped baptismal font of the 12th century; it is quasi cylindrical in shape, with a pronounced moulding at the upper rim, and a thin round moulding that ends in a neat knot in the front. This font was discovered during prospections in the now disappeared old chapel dedicated to Saint-Martin. The illustration in this source shows it now serving as a flower-pot at the Mairie [=town hall].

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Calvados, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001