Belleville-sur-Mer / Belevilla / Bella villa

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design element - motifs - circle

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design element - motifs - interlace

Scene Description: or is it a snake's body

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design element - motifs - moulding

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view of church exterior - northeast view

Scene Description: Source caption: "Belleville-sur-Mer, Seine-Maritime, France, église"

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INFORMATION

FontID: 24687BEL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame de Belleville-sur-Mer.
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Belleville-sur-Mer, 76370 Petit-Caux, France
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-Maritime, Normandie
Directions to Site: Located off the D113 [aka rue fu Littoral], W of the D925, ENE of Dieppe, 1 km SW of Petit-Caux, 7 km ENE of Dieppe
Historical Region: Haute-Normandie
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end of the nave
Century and Period: 16th century(late?), Late Gothic? / Renaissance?
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this font to our attention and for his help in documenting it
Church Notes: documented 1098 -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00022786]: "11e siècle (détruit) ; 1er quart 13e siècle ; 1ère moitié 18e siècle ; 1er quart 19e siècle"
Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: IM76003008]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] Corps (circulaire) [...] Calcaire : taillé ; plomb : martelé [...] Intérieur de la cuve équipé d'une doublure en plomb à deux compartiments [...] 2e moitié 16e siècle [...] H = 85 ; d = 60 ; diamètre intérieur=40". The outer sides of the cylindrical basin are decorated with a large interlace that resembles a snake's body with large round motifs in the interior spaces; moulding at the upper rim; upper base cylindrical and plain, while the lower base is moulded. Old wooden cover, round, flat and plain, with an old cross-bar lock.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.949448, 1.163656
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 56′ 58.01″ N, 1° 9′ 49.16″ E
UTM: 31U 368261 5534626

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: cylindrical (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (inside rim): 40 cm*
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm*
Basin Lower Panel Dimensions: 85 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]