Tinteniac No. 1 / Teintenyac / Tinténiac / Tintenieg

Results: 11 records

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animal - mammal - dog

Scene Description: Dog curled towards the figure on the basin side; it appears to have something in its mouth

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

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: in the centre of the pedestal base, except on the side with the human figure

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

design element - motifs - moulding

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

design element - motifs - moulding - parallel - 2

Scene Description: at the top of the pedestal base

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

human figure - nude

Scene Description: The large figure could be a devil, "le diable de Tinténiac", as it is known locally

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

human figure - standing

Scene Description: looking up and holding his left hand up, as if holding on to soemthing there

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

view of church exterior - west view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 12 July 2010 by chisloup [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L'eglise_de_tinteniac_-_panoramio_(1).jpg] [accessed 26 January 2018]

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Sainte-Trinité de Tinténiac (35). Voûtes et coupoles vues de la tribune."

Image Source: digital photograph taken 20 August 2013 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Tinténiac_(35)_Église_Intérieur_04.JPG] [accessed 26 January 2018]

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view of font

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 03234TIN

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Trinité-Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption

Church Patron Saints: The Holy Trinity & The Assumption of St. Mary

Church Location: Rue du Prieuré, 35190 Tinténiac, France -- Tel.: +33 2 99 68 03 77

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: Located at the D20-D81-D637 crossroads, 25 km NW of Rennes. There are many interesting fonts listed for this area.

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol & St Malo

Font Location in Church: Inside te church, E end, N side of the apse

Century and Period: 13th century, Early Gothic

Cognate Fonts: The holy water stoup carved on the mullion at Penmarc'h No. 2 appears very similar to the grotesque figure on the basin of this font/stoup

Church Notes: original 12thC church re-built 20thC; listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00130897]: "Bien que désorientée, l'église paroissiale actuelle a été construite à l'emplacement de l'ancienne église dont subsistent encore en place : une partie du choeur du 12e siècle, le transept nord avec son fenestrage du 14e siècle, transformé en oratoire indépendant et certains éléments réemployés dans le gros-oeuvre de l'église actuelle dont l'ancien portail du 15e siècle remonté en façade latérale est, et la porte mortuaire du 16e siècle actuellement en façade latérale ouest". The present church is the work of architect Arthur Regnault and dates to the beginning of the 20th century, 1900-1908; it was then re-consecrated with the dedication to the Holy Trinity (source: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 2000, v. 2, p. 1674)

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: octagonal and very irregular basin with a double rim. A large grotesque human figure or devil -known popularly as "le diable de Tinténiac"- holds the basin with its arms and legs sprawled; next to it there is a dog; the square pedestal base shows also another large human figure, the index finger of his left hand pointing up to the figure/devil on the basin; it is said locally to have been brought in from the "door of the dead", part of the the old church of which only ruins remain today; some local sources claim that it was a stoup there (it has no drain); both the basin and the base are of the same type of stone, though they may not belong together; the basin shape and the position of the carving appear to indicate that the object was originally intended to be placed against the wall on its broadest (70 cm) side; unlike the other sides, this side is not carved and is totally flat; at present [June 2000], it is used as an ornament and a flower-pot near the altar [cf. Index entry for Tinteniac No. 2 for the baptismal font in use in this church]. According to Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) this stoup is called "le beau diable de Tinténiac".

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.328581, -1.833344

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 19′ 42.89″ N, 1° 50′ 0.04″ W

UTM: 30U 586473 5353479

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 9.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 70-80 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 90-102 cm

Basin Depth: 32 cm

Basin Total Height: 45 cm

Height of Base: 75 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 120 cm

Square Base Dimensions: 50x54 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI. [NB: 1)the basin is an extremely irregular polygon (5 sides are 40 cm wide while the others are 35, 70 and 10 cm wide) and 2)the "diameters" indicate the diagonals (min. & max.) of the polygon]

REFERENCES

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

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