Bieville-Beuville / Biéville-Beuville

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 06224BIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Originally from the ancienne chapelle Saint-Martin [disappeared]
Font Location in Church: [now at the Mairie [=town hall]]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Address: 14112 Biéville-Beuville, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D60, 8 km SW of Ouistreham, 7 km N of Caen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Liseux
Additional Comments: abandoned font: discovered during prospections in an old chapel -- recycled font: now used as a flower-pot at the town hall
Font Notes:
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].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 694550 5457474
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.239101, -0.327164
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 14′ 20.77″ N, 0° 19′ 37.79″ W

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, vol. 2, p. 1261