Tierceville
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angel - cherub - head - 4
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - foliage
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - roll moulding
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - scroll - 4
Scene Description: large scroll ribs as outer lecgs on the pedestal base
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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symbol - shell - 4
Scene Description: as haloes on the cherub heads
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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view of church exterior - east view
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2012 by Pimprenel [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Martin_à_Tierceville.JPG] [accessed 2 March 2014]
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view of church exterior - northeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roi.dagobert, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 1 July 2012 by Roi.dagobert [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tierceville_église_St_Martin.JPG] [accessed 2 March 2014]
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view of church exterior - west view
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph taken in 1989 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19891400794X] [accessed 16 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 19116TIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Church Location: 13 rue de Creully, 14480 Tierceville, France
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D12, 13 km ENE of Bayeux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux-Lisieux
Historical Region: Pays du Bessin / Basse-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century, Renaissance
Cognate Fonts: similar fonts at Saint-Croix-sure-Mer, Le-Theil-en-Auge, etc
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help documenting this font
Church Notes: church originally 12thC. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111747]: "Eglise paroissiale placée sous le vocable de saint Martin et sous le patronage de l'abbaye de Grestain (27) ; édifiée dans le 4e quart du 12e siècle : colonnettes et chapiteaux témoignent d'un projet de voûtes d'ogives sur la nef peut-être jamais réalisé ; 2e moitié 13e siècle construction du clocher : parties hautes restées inachevées ; 13e ou 14e siècle adjonction des bas-côtés ; 1ère moitié 18e siècle reconstruction partielle des murs gouttereaux et de la façade ouest (portail ancien conservé à l'exception de l'arc de couvrement) , édification de la sacristie, chapiteaux du choeur retaillés peut-être à cette époque"
Font Notes:
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Limestone baptismal font consisting of a round basin on a square base; decoration includes cherubs, acanthus leaves, palmettes, shells, etc.; the original round inner basin is lined, the zinc lining forming a double basin. Damaged and repaired with cement. Wooden cover of oak. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM14000753]: "fonts baptismaux [...] Pied à base carrée en plan, cuve circulaire ; 2 blocs de calcaire : pied et cuve ; double bassin en zinc dans la cuve, couvercle en chêne [...] figure (angelot, coquilles) ; ornementation (volute, palmettes, feuille d'acanthe) [...] oeuvre restaurée ; partie remplacée [...] Cuve cassée et recollée au ciment gris ; cuve unique redivisée en deux par un bassin en zinc [...] 17e siècle". Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: IVR25_19891400794X]. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal of the original 12th-century church here].
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.2921, -0.5308
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 17′ 31.56″ N, 49° 17′ 31.56″ N
UTM: 30U 679537 5462861
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: zinc lining [cf. FontNotes]
Diameter (includes rim): 76 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 99 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM14000753]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood, oak
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]