Vaux-sur-Aure No. 1

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view of church exterior in context - southeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Aubin de Vaux-sur-Aure (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France)." -- original 12thC church totally re-built mid-19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Myrabella, 2013

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view of church interior - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Aubin de Vaux-sur-Aure (Calvados, Basse-Normandie, France)." -- original 12thC church totally re-built mid-19thC

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roi.dagobert, 2013

Image Source: digital photograph 27 August 2013 by Roi.dagobert [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vaux-sur-Aure_église_Saint-Aubin_nef.JPG] [accessed 11 January 2022]

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the modern font in this church [cf. FontNotes]

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Image Source: digital image of a B&W phototype argentique [no.: 19901401311X] by Pascal Corbierre, Région Basse-Normandie - Inventaire général [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/IVR25_19901401311] [accessed 11 January 2022]

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INFORMATION

FontID: 23664VAU
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Aubin de Vaux-sur-Aure
Church Location: 14400 Vaux-sur-Aure, France
Country Name: France
Location: Calvados, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D104, on the E bank of the Aure river, 6-7 km NNW of Bayeux
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Bayeux et Lisieux
Historical Region: Basse-Normandie
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: 12thC church; probably modified in the 15thC, a/p the pre-1830 description in Arcisse de Caumont (1857); totally re-built 19thC [1848+] -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00111780]: "Siècle de la campagne principale de construction: 12e siècle, 14e siècle"
The present baptismal font in this church is modern. It is listed in Palissy [ref.: IM14001541]: "Fonts baptismaux, style néo-roman [...] 19e siècle 20e siècle [...] Colonnes du pied et partie inférieure du socle en marbre ; couvercle en chêne [...] Ornementation (ornement à forme végétale, dents de scie, torsade, fleuron) [...] H = 166 ; la = 73 ; pr = 73 ; sans couvercle : h = 113.5 [...] Marque d'auteur : A. Bourdon, Caen". [NB: we have mo information on the font of the original 12th-century church here]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.3046, -0.7039
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 18′ 16.56″ N, 0° 42′ 14.04″ W
UTM: 30U 666909 5463854