Guimaec / Guimaëc

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Scene Description: Source caption: "Guimaëc : église paroissiale Saint-Pierre, fonts baptismaux"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Moreau.henri, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2019 ny Moreau.henri [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:543_Guimaëc_Bourg.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2025]
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view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: Source caption: "Guimaëc : l'église Saint-Pierre et son enclos paroissial, vue d'ensemble."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Moreau.henri, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph 27 April 2019 ny Moreau.henri [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:551_Guimaëc_Bourg.jpg] [accessed 28 February 2025]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

INFORMATION

Font ID: 02808GUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Guimaec
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00089996]
Church Address: Le Bourg, 29620 Guimaëc, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D64, 3-4 km N of Lanmeur, 15 km NE of Morlaix
Font Notes:
Included by Enlart (1902) in a list of French double-fonts.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 447845 5390733
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.66747, -3.708352
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 40′ 2.89″ N, 3° 42′ 30.07″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: double-font, polygonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, polygonal (both)

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: polygonal; only on the main basin; large sculptural finial

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 764, foot-note 1