Dinan No. 2

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devil(s) and demons - Satan

Scene Description: a grimacing demon holds up the holy-water stoup

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 16 June 2000 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 03233DIN

Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Malo, Dinan

Church Patron Saints: St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)

Church Location: Rue du Chanoine Meinser, 22100 Dinan, France

Country Name: France

Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Dinan lies about 17 km S of St-Malô, 3 kms E of the N176. The church is located just N of the Grande Rue

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo

Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the end of the nave, to the left of the entrance

Century and Period: 18th - 19th century, Modern

Workshop/Group/Artisan: by Bouchet and Delaune

Cognate Fonts: A font/stoup at Rennes-le-Chateau has also the Devil holding up the basin

Church Notes: earlier extramural church documented 13thC; demolished 1488; present intramural church 15thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00089076]: "15e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 19e siècle"

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Described by Delpal as "modern holy-water stoup [...] supported by a grimacing demon" (France, 1985). Illustrated in Malle (1994) and the Dictionnaires des églises... (1996- ). The entry in Palissy [ref.: PM22000137] notes: "Ancienne cuve octogonale servant de bénitier. Elle est supportée par un personnage accroupi, grimaçant. [...] granite [...] d = 115 [...] 15e siècle [...] Le support serait de 1864." [NB: surely it could not refer to this item, yet we found no other that would meet the description]. [NB: cf. the BSI entry for Arles No. 2, a 12th-13th century stoup located in the cloister of the cathedral of St-Trophime in the town of Arles; this stoup has a similar design, but the figure in the latter, though damaged, does not appear to be a devil. The one that has a definite devil holding up the basin is the stoup at Rennes-le-Chateau]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.4548, -2.04599

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 27′ 17.28″ N, 2° 2′ 45.56″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone?

Font Shape: other

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: other

Rim Thickness: 5-7 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 38x43 cm (octagonal shape)

Diameter (includes rim): 54x48 cm (octagonal shape)

Basin Depth: 16 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI. [NB: measurements of the outer and inner octagons are given for shortest and longest diagonals]

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-

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

Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985