Pleumeleuc / Plemeleuc / Pleum'neu / Pleumelec / Plomeleuc / Plomeloc / Plumeloc

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Scene Description: one of the panels of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

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Scene Description: one of the panels of this basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

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Scene Description: another of the panels on this side

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design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the stem of the auxiliary pedestal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: on the base of the main side of the double font

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - plant

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design element - motifs - plant

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design element - motifs - torus-scotia-torus

Scene Description: on both basins

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - grape

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design element - motifs - vine - grape

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design element - motifs - vine - grape

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design element - motifs - vine - grape

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design element - motifs - vine - shrub

Scene Description: Vine and shrub motif

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design element - motifs - vine - shrub

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design element - motifs - vine - shrub

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - shrub

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

design element - motifs - vine - shrub

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design element - motifs - vine - shrub

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human figure - head

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human figure - head

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human figure - head

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symbol - shield - coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: a number of quadrupeds and other motifs on it

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

symbold - shield - coat of arms - unidentified

Scene Description: The shield has three quadrupeds [rats?] and a vine

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 7 June 2014 by BSI

view of church exterior - northwest view

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view of church exterior - west end

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view of church interior - ceiling - beam - detail

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view of church interior - looking east

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view of font and cover

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view of font and cover in context

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02771PLE

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierrre

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter

Church Location: Pl. de l'Église, 35137 Pleumeleuc, France -- Tel.: +33 2 99 09 01 31

Country Name: France

Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Pleumeleuc is just off the N12-E50, about 20 km WNW from Rennes; at the croosroads with Monfort-sur-Meu to the left, make a right in the direction Pleumeleuc. Romille. Pleumeleuc is about 1 km down that road.

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the SW

Century and Period: 16th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Cognate Fonts: Other granite double-fonts in Ille-et-Vilaine

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00130760]: "11e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 1ère moitié 16e siècle ; 2e quart 19e siècle [...] L´église saint-Pierre de Plemeuleuc a été construite en plusieurs campagnes. Des vestiges d'un appareillage du 11ème siècle dans les murs de la nef témoignent de son ancienneté in situ. L´église est cependant reconstruite au 15ème siècle et dans la première moitié du 16ème siècle (façade ouest), puis elle est agrandie de chapelles formant transept et d'une tour en 1839 par l'architecte Leroux. Les archives mentionnent la restauration du clocher en 1869 par l´entrepreneur Peschard de Montfort-sur-Meu. Croix monumentale du 15ème ou du 16ème siècle. Plan en croix latine, 1 vaisseau recouvert d'un lambris de couvrement, clocher en façade, chevet plat. Présence d'un appareillage en feuilles de fougères dans le mur nord de la nef.. Intérieur avec un ensemble de décor peint sur le lambris de couvrement."

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: double-font consisting of two basins which appear made of a single block of granite, one larger than the other; both basins are octagonal and their sides are ornamented with carved grape vines, shrubs and a shield. The bases are independent, the smaller is an octagonal column, the larger one ends in a square at ground level. Both basins have polygonal wooden covers of approximately the same height as the basins. The basins are ornamented chiefly with rosettes and other floral motifs. The base of the larger basin has four human heads, one at each bottom corner. The upper stone was broken where the basins join and there are other signs of damage. Repairs appear to be crude, very amateurish. Like many of the baptismal fonts in Brittany, this one stands under a tall canopy [cf. Images], as tall as the ceiling of the nave allows, although, by Breton standards, this is a rather restrained example. [Cf. Index entry for La Baussaine and other such Breton double-fonts]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.184444, -1.918889

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 11' 4.0" N, 1° 55' 8.0" W

UTM: 30U 580340 5337364

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double font)

Basin Interior Shape: round (both)

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (double basin)

Drainage Notes: The large basin has no drainage, as is common in these double-fonts

Notes on Measurements: On-site visit: unable to take measurements. For a similar size font cf. Index entry for La Baussaine

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: metal, bronze/copper?

Notes: There is evidence of the original hinges on the basin rim. The present covers, two octagonal pyramids with large finial crosses, are of a much later date

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000

Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994