Hecmanville / Heuguemanville / Heuquemavilla
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of church exterior in context - southeast view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08566HEC
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Just
Church Patron Saints: St. Just
Church Location: 2 rue de l'église, 27800 Hecmanville, France
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D701, 12 km WSW of Brionne, 45 km from Evreux, 55 from Rouen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century,
Church Notes: 12thC church
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Octagonal baptismal font of the 16th century decorated with dolphins and foliage noted and illustrated in Michelland (2016). The Observatoire du Patrimoine Religieux [http://www.patrimoine-religieux.fr/eglises_edifices/27-Eure/27325-Hecmanville/179189-EgliseSaint-Just] [accessed 21 August 2017] mentions a baptismal among the "éléments remarquables" of this church. The font consists of an octagonal basin decorated with a band that alternates dolphins and foliage motifs on the basin sides, a band of foliage at the lower edge of the basin, and another such on the pedestal base, between mouldings; on a narrow round plinth. The wooden cover is octagonal, plain a nd flat, and appears modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 329511 5449511
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
Michelland, Virginie, Trésors cachés des églises de l'Eure, Bayeux: OREP éditions, 2016