Bazouges-la-Perouse No. 3 / Bazeleg-ar-Veineg / Bazój-la-Pérózz / Bazouges-la-Pérouse / Bazouges la Pierreuse

Results: 16 records

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Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. John - symbol - eagle - with scroll

Scene Description: on one of the narrow sides of the basin, seen here on the left

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Luke - symbol - winged bull - with scroll

Scene Description: on one of the wide sides of the basin, seen here on the right

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Mark - symbol - winged lion - with scroll

Winged and haloed lion holding a scroll and facing left; on the left of it, an oak (?) lead and a four-petal flower; on the right a large fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: Winged and haloed lion holding a scroll and facing left; on the left of it, an oak (?) lead and a four-petal flower; on the right a large fleur-de-lis

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

Apostle or saint - Evangelists - St. Matthew - symbol - angel - with scroll

Scene Description: on one of the narrow sides of the basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - architectural - column - columns with capitals and bases - 4

Scene Description: at the angles of the rectangular basin

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral - 4-petal

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis

Scene Description: to the right of Mark's lion

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis - on its side

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on one of the two 'marche-pieds'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on one of the two 'marche-pieds'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - leaf - oak?

Scene Description: on the side of the font with Mark's winger lion

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding - graded

Scene Description: on one of the two 'marche-pieds'

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: with symbols for Luke (left) and Matthew (right)

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: with symbols for Matthew (left) and Mark (right)

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of font

Scene Description: with symbols for Mark (left) and John (right)

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

view of font in context

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03230BAZ

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne prieurale] de Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul, Bazouges-la-Pérouse

Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul

Church Location: rue de l'Eglise, 35560 Bazouges-la-Pérouse, France

Country Name: France

Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Located 44 km N of Rennes (take the D175 from Rennes to Tremblay (38 kms); at Tremblay veer left on the D796 direction Combourg-Dinan)

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes

Historical Region: Canton d'Antrain

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N side of the nave, W end

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic

Cognate Fonts: fonts somewhat similar in external design and proportions at Airaines (Somme); also at Llanbeulan, Wales, for instance

Church Notes: There are 3 notable fonts in this church -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00006564]: "église paroissiale de chanoines réguliers de Saint-Augustin [...] 11e siècle, 12e siècle (?) ; 15e siècle"

Font Notes: Click to view

One of three fonts listed in this Index for Bazouges-la-Pérouse [one is modern]. A large rectangular granite font of the immersion type, this one even has a step (?) on the outside; the sides include: an eagle with a scroll, a winged bull with a scroll, an angel with a scroll and a winged lion with a scroll (symbols of John, Luke, Matthew and Mark), next to which appear a rosette, a leaf and a fleur-de-lis; the little "marche pied" of the base has three leaves carved on it . The font is dated as of the 14th century in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000). Listed in Palissy [ref.: IM35000712]: "fonts baptismaux [...] 15e siècle, 16e siècle (?) [...] Actuellement utilisé comme bénitier". The late dating is probably accurate enough despite the archaic shape of the font [similar to the font at Airaines, etc.]; the crude work on granite does not qualify this font for an earlier period.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.425799, -1.575034

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 25′ 32.87″ N, 1° 34′ 30.12″ W

UTM: 30U 605417 5364609

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: four (one bowl and three of the base)

Font Shape: rectangular (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: rectangular

Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular

Rim Thickness: 10-13 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 70 x 100 cm*

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Basin Total Height: 65 cm*

Height of Base: 35 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*

Trapezoidal Basin: 94 x 120 cm* / 93 x 122 cm**

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site / Palissy [ref.: IM35000712]

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000

Malle, Louis, Sources du baptême: découvrir les baptistères et les fonts baptismaux, Paris: Éditions de l'atelier, 1994