Barbery No. 3 / Barberia / Barbereium / Mesnil-Touffrey

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date 17thC in Palissy [ref.: IM14000968]
Scene Description: date 17thC in Palissy [ref.: IM14000968]
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Image Source: digital image of a B&W photograph [NUMI 19851400393X] taken in 1985 by Pascal Corbierre, in Mémoire [ref.: IVR25_19851400393] [www.culture.gouv.fr/Wave/image/memoire/2895/ivr25_19851400393_p.jpg] [accessed 27 June 2017]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 21302BAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Martin de Mesnil-Touffrey
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: church here listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00000139]: "Ancien diocèse Bayeux ; édifice construit au 13e siècle ; restauré au début du 17e siècle par Charles de Lalongny"
Church Address: Le Mesnil Touffray, 14220 Barbery, France
Site Location: Calvados, Normandie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: This Barbery is located off the D23-D131-D156A crossroads, 10 km ENE of Thury-Harcourt, 25 km S of Caen. Le Mesnil Touffray is located off the D237, just E of Barbery
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux
Historical Region: Basse-Normandie
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM14000968]: "fonts baptismaux [calcaire] [...] 17e siècle". Bucket-shaped basin on a circular lower base and a similarly-shaped but wider plinth.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 60 x 75 cm* ["la = 75 ; pr = 60"]
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM14000968]

REFERENCES

  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.