Bernay No. 2 / Bernai / Bernaicus / Bernaium / Bernay nr. Lisieux / Bernay-de-l'Eure / Bernaye / Berniacus / Berney / Brenaico
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Results: 7 records
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Planche gravée du 17ème siècle représentant l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay, dans le livre Monasticon Gallicanum."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital image of a 17thC engraving in Michele Germain's Monasticon Gallicum, in the Bibliothèque nationale de France [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbaye_Notre-Dame_de_Bernay_dans_Monasticon_Gallicanum.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - east view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Eglise de l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay, Eure, France"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pline, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 18 September 2011 by Pline [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_de_l'abbaye_Notre-Dame_de_Bernay_DSC_0042.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
![Source caption: "Photo de l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay [...] et de l'Hôtel de ville de Bernay prise depuis la place Gustave Heon"](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1231012002_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Photo de l'abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay [...] et de l'Hôtel de ville de Bernay prise depuis la place Gustave Heon"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Sbgt, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2011 by Sbgt [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of church interior - capital
Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbaye de Bernay, sculpture d'Isembart (image du domaine public modifiée, Congrès archéologique de Caen en 1909)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jchancerel, 2016
Image Source: digital image 29 May 2016 by Jchancerel [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:BernaySculpture.png] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of church interior - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Bernay - Ancienne abbaye Notre-Dame"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Antoine Garnier, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph 18 July 2015 by Antoine Garnier [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bernay_-_Ancienne_abbaye_Notre-Dame_-_02.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Abbatiale Notre-Dame de Bernay (Eure), la nef"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Allie Caulfield, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph 1 August 2007 by Allie Caulfield [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Abbatiale_Notre-Dame_de_Bernay_(Eure),_la_nef.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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view of font
Scene Description: ***[NB: not certain about which church this font came from -- cf. FontNotes]***
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ministère de la Culture (France), Médiathèque de l'architecture et du patrimoine, diffusion RMN-GP, 2023
Image Source: digital image of an undated [pre-1927] B&W photograh [MH0036478] by Camille Enlart in Mémoire [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH00036478] [accessed 12 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 24990BER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Church/Chapel: Eglise abbatiale de l'Abbaye Notre-Dame de Bernay
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: Rue de l'Abbatiale, 27300 Bernay, France
Country Name: France
Location: Eure, Normandie
Directions to Site: Bernay lies 29 km SE of Lisieux off the N138-E402, 20 km N of Broglie, 33 km S of Pont-Audemer, 60 km N of Rouen
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Évreux
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Century and Period: 11th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: abbey church 11thC; -- Mérimée [ref.: PA00099330]: "L'abbaye a été fondée vers 1013 par Judith, épouse du duc de Normandie (construction de l'église abbatiale dès le 11e siècle). Elle a été remaniée au 15e siècle, puis incendiée et pillée au cours des guerres de religion [...] L'abbaye a été supprimée à la Révolution."
Font Notes:
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[NB: we have no information on the font of the medieval abbey church here] [NB: a baptismal font of medieval appearence is illustrated in a Camille Enlart photograph in Mémoire [APMH00036478] [https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH00036478] [accessed 12 October 2023] but the provenance of the object is given only as "France, Normandie, Eure, Bernay", and the record does not provide any cross references to the church it was in, or came from -- the coordinates given in the Wikimedia entry for this photograph [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Fonts_baptismaux_-_Bernay_-_Médiathèque_de_l'architecture_et_du_patrimoine_-_APMH00036478.jpg] [accessed 12 October 2023] appear to be those of the of the abbey church]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 49.089761, 0.599699
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 49° 5′ 23.14″ N, 0° 35′ 58.91″ E
UTM: 31U 324759 5440209