Brece / Brécé
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view of church exterior - south view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Exupère de Brécé (Ille-et-Vilaine, France)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © François GOGLINS, 2017
Image Source: digital photograph 14 September 2017 by François GOGLINS [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Brécé-FR-35-église-04.jpg?uselang=fr] [accessed 23 March 2025]
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view of church interior - looking northeast
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Image Source: digital image in Matterport Discover
[https://discover.matterport.com/space/3U2ffiK2f9Z] [accessed 23 March 2025]
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: Source caption: "Fonts baptismaux, Eglise paroissiale, place de l'Eglise (Brécé)"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Région Bretagne, 2025
Image Source: digital image Dossier d’œuvre objet IM35015465, in Patrimoine.BZH [https://patrimoine.bzh/gertrude-diffusion/dossier/IM35015443] [accessed 23 March 2025]
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view of font and stoup in context
Scene Description: showing both in the bottom left corner of the image
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Image Source: digital image in Matterport Discover
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03228BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Exupère de Brécé
Church Patron Saints: St. Exuperius [aka Exsuperius, Exupéry, Soupire]
Church Location: place de l'Eglise, 35530 Brécé, France
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located off the D286, 20 km E of Rennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes
Font Location in Church: Inside the church. in the NW corner of the nave
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Church Notes: 11th-12thC church -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00130799]: "Abside et arc diaphragme du 11e ou 12e siècle. Chapelle sud du 16e siècle (?). Nef reconstruite au 17e siècle. Façade ouest et clocher en charpente reconstruits en 1841."
Font Notes:
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An illustration in Malle (1994) shows an oval egg-shaped basin of coloured marble with a rounded rim; the oval dome lid appears to be made of metal and complements the general egg-shape of the basin; the base is bulbous but with a square plinth, and is also made of marble. Listed and illustrated in Patrimoine.BZH [https://patrimoine.bzh/gertrude-diffusion/dossier/IM35015443] [accessed 23 March 2025]
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.110748, -1.481239
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 6′ 38.69″ N, 1° 28′ 52.46″ W
UTM: 30U 613049 5329725
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: oval font
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
LID INFORMATION
Date: 1830
Material: metal
Apparatus: no
Notes: oval dome with ross finial
REFERENCES
Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994