Lamballe No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02796LAM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [2nd basin 16th century, Medieval / composite
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font (2nd basin added later)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Church Notes: There are two "possible" churches in Lamballe: Saint-Martin and and the collegiate church of Notre-Dame; are there two fonts? (France, 1985)
Church Address: 1 Pl. Saint-Martin, 22400 Lamballe-Armor, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 18-20 kms E of Saint-Brieuc, about 35 kms W of Dinan
Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord
Font Notes:
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Enlart (1902) includes this among the French double-fonts but mentions that the second basin was added to the old Romanesque original in the 16th century. It is unclear whether or not the Tournai-like font he includes in a later list, same source, is the same or not. The Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply mentions that there is a baptismal font of the 13th century in this church.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.473273, -2.518657
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 28′ 23.78″ N, 2° 31′ 7.16″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: double-font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, round (both)
REFERENCES
- Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV A 53
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 764 footnote 1 and p. 774 footnote 2
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.