Martyre No. 1 / Ar Merzer / La Martyre

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view of church exterior - south portal
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view of font and canopy, baldachin in context
view of font and canopy, baldachin in context

Scene Description: at the west end of the north aisle
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Amadalvarez, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 September 2013 by Amadalvarez [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:La_Martyre_esglesia_baptisteri_7223_resize.jpg] [accessed 18 September 2019]
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view of font and cover in context
INFORMATION
FontID: 02523MAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Salomon
Church Patron Saints: St. Salomon [aka Salaün]
Church Location: rue Saint-Salomon, 29800 La Martyre, France
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: La Martyre is located off the D35, a km WSW of Ploudiry, 6-8 km E of Landernau, 20 km WNW of Brest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end of the N aisle
Century and Period: 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: baldaquin font
Cognate Fonts: Guimiliau and Morlaix (Fr.)
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090108]: "15e siècle, 16e siècle, 17e siècle [...] Le clocher paraît remonter au 13e siècle".
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Noted in Chastel (1986) as a baptismal font similar to the ones at Guimiliau and Morlaix, this one has a ciborium or baldaquin. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29004154]: "Matériau des fonts batismaux : kersanton. Cuve en plomb cuivré. [...] Inscription et date sur la cuve : FAICT PR FRCS. S LE MAITTRT. FABRIQUE 10 SEHP OVROVAL ET Glo KAOVL. LAN 1784. [...] Les fonts baptismaux datent du XVIe siècle ; la cuve date de 1784."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.44902,
-4.160069
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 26′ 56.47″ N,
4° 9′ 36.25″ W
UTM: 30U 414218 5366859
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite (kersantite)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: inner basin is a 18thC lead insert
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: the inscription is on the later-date lead insert
Inscription Text: "FAICT PR FRCS. S LE MAITTRT. FABRIQUE 10 SEHP OVROVAL ET Glo KAOVL. LAN 1784"
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Apparatus: no
Notes: octagonal, flat and plain, with metal handle
REFERENCES
Chastel, André, Histoire générale des Églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, France: Robert Laffont, 1966