Chapelle-Janson No. 1

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design element - architectural - arch or window - trefoiled

Scene Description: in pairs, on the sides of both basins

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of basin and cover

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view of canopy, baldachin

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view of canopy, baldachin - detail

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view of church exterior - southwest end

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view of church exterior - west portal

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view of church interior - canopy, baldachin - detail - Baptism of Christ

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view of font

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view of font

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view of font and cover

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02773CHA

Church/Chapel: Prieuré de bénédictins, Eglise paroissiale Saint-Lézin

Church Patron Saints: St. Licinius of Angers [aka Lézin]

Church Location: Rue de l'Eglise, 35133 La Chapelle-Fleurigné, France

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: La Chapelle-Janson is 5-7 km W of Fougères, about 30 km NE of Rennes up the N12. From Fougères take the D12 E

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W, N side

Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font

Cognate Fonts: Other granite double-fonts of the Ille-et-Vilaine area

Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00007227]: "Prieuré de bénédictins, église paroissiale Saint-Lézin (La Chapelle-Janson) [...] A l'origine priorale, l'église dépendait de l'abbaye Saint-Georges de Rennes. Elle remonte pour sa partie la plus ancienne au 15e siècle (vestiges dans le massif occidental) . En majeure partie du 16e siècle (chapelle nord datée 1556), elle a été modifiée au 17e siècle : en 1629 l'ancienne chapelle seigneuriale située au nord du choeur est transformée en sacristie, puis en 1641 la chapelle sud est reprise en réemployant la porte du 16e siècle. La façade occidentale a également été reprise en 1777 (porte la date). Des remaniements de détails sont également à signaler au 19e siècle."

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: granite double-font with octagonal basins united at one of the sides; the base is rectangular with trimmed corners; the sides of the basins are ornamented with a blind arcade, two trefoil arches per side. The beautifully ornamented wooden lids are covered in light blue-green arabesque-like acanthus motif and have golden acanthus-pear finials. The magnificent Baroque baldaquin (18th century) which houses the font is a wooden railing enclosure simulating metal with golden tips, and there is a brightly painted baptism of Christ sculptural group which serves as a backdrop to the font. The font is listed in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as 15th century.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.348208, -1.101181

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 20′ 53.55″ N, 1° 6′ 4.25″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)(double-font)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (both basins)

Drainage Notes: In both basins

Rim Thickness: 11 cm

Diameter (inside rim): basin1(49 cm); basin2(47 cm)

Diameter (includes rim): basin1(69 cm); basin2(69 cm)

Basin Depth: basin1(25 cm); basin2(26 cm)

Basin Total Height: 58 cm

Height of Base: 29 cm

Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 30x35 cm (both basins)

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 102 x 60 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI

LID INFORMATION

Date: 18th century?

Material: wood,

Notes: The hinged octagonal lids may be from the same period as the portal and the baldaquin, ca. 1777, and are painted a light blue-green with golden finials.

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

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