Morlaix No. 1 / Montroulez / Ploujean

Chastel (1966) indicates that a font in Morlaix has, like the ones at Guimiliau and La Martyre, also in Finistere, a ciborium or baldaquin, but does not describe the font itself. The Phaidon guide to France (1985) mentions "carved baptismal fonts [sic] (1660)" in the church of "Sainte [sic] Mélaine" in Morlaix. The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) entry does not mention either the font or the baldaquin but the page where it appears inclues a reproduction of a 19th century lithograph by P. Saint-Germain in which the baldaquin is depicted in a baptism scene; a peak at the font behind the railing shows an unremarkable octagonal (?) mounted type with mouldings and a decorative pattern on the underbowl. The baldaquin is the type with a lower railing in which rest the four shafts which hold up the canopy on which an ornate church-like dome houses several figures. Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) shows a recent photograph of both font and baldaquin: the latter has lost the railing, therefore all that remains are the four columns and the canopy; an inscription on it is reported in this source: "Fait du temps de Jean Braouézecq et Jean Prigent fabriques 1660." The font itself appears as an octagonal basin with decorated sides, raised on an plain octagonal pedestal base. The Patrimoine de France database [http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/richesses-20-7203-54239-P203714-128582.html] [accessed 19 September 2009] has: "La cuve baptismale date du 16e siècle et le baldaquin de 1660." The same source notes the inscription [on the badaquin]: "Inscription et date (sur la frise) : FAICT DV TEMPS [DE] JAN BRAOVEZEQ E IAN PRIGENT FABRIQUES 1660."