Lochrist
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 02925LOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [Enlart], Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: There are four Lochrist in Finistère: one is 15 kms west of Brest, right at the Pointe des Renards; another is 28-30 kms north-east of Brest off the D125; the other two are west of Quimper [unable to determine which of them Enlart refers to at this point]
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) among a group of 12th century footless tub-shaped fonts ornamented with a blind arcade
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 772 footnote 2, p. 778 footnote 3