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
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02773CHA
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-06-16
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Other granite double-fonts of the Ille-et-Vilaine area
Church / Chapel Name: Prieuré de bénédictins, Église paroissiale Saint-Lézin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W, N side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Licinius of Angers [aka Lézin]
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."
Church Address: Rue de l'Eglise, 35133 La Chapelle-Fleurigné, France
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.348208, -1.101181
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 20′ 53.55″ N, 1° 6′ 4.25″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
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-, IV A 17
- Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994, ill. and caption on p. 32