Lanmeur No. 1 / Lanneur

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human figure - head

Scene Description: at least one, on one of the basin sides

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Image Source: digital image of an illustration in Enlart (1902: fig. 390)

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INFORMATION

FontID: 02807LAN
Church/Chapel: [orig. in the Eglise paroissiale - disppeared?]
Church Patron Saints: St. Mélar & St. Samson
Church Location: 29620 Lanmeur, France
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Lanmeur is located between Guimaëc (N) and Plouigneau (S), 10 kms NE of Morlaix
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Tréguier
Historical Region: Pays de Morlaix
Font Location in Church: [no longer found in this church]
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Listed by Enlart (1902) as a French double-font, octagonal, of Gothic style. The double-font is not symmetrical: the larger (main) font is a regular octagonal basin with a double rim; on the visible side of the basin is a large head (an angel's?); the pedestal base is also octagonal with mouldings in the lower base. The second basin is much smaller and shorter, also octagonal and plain; its base appears square (description based on an illustration in Enlart, 1902). Also in Bond (1908: 61), probably after Enalrt. [BSI on-site notes: our visit to Lanmeur found only a single octagonal granite font or stoup, ca. 14th-15th century, smallish and totally devoid of ornamentation except for a triple moulding motif spaced around the upper rim side; it is raised on a round pedestal base; this font does not match Enlart's description -cf. Index entry for Lanmeur No. 2; the original double-font is no longer found in this church; we did not get any information on its whereabouts during our visit on June 2000]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (both basins)

REFERENCES

Bond, Francis, Fonts and Font Covers, London: Waterstone, 1985 c1908
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902