Saint-Malo No. 1 / Saent-Malô / Saint-Malô / Sant-Maloù
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the restored font, by Arcabas [Jean-Marie Pirot]
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariaje Calvo, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Mariaje Calvo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 30 November 2022)
human figure - male - 6
Scene Description: Six forward-facing human figures, their hands and legs stretched, circle the basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: one of the figures
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
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view of church exterior - cloister
Scene Description: Source caption: "Saint-Malo (Ille-et-Vilaine, 50) : vestige de l'ancien cloître à la cathédrale Saint-Vincent."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Philippe Alès, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 24 August 2013 by Philippe Alès [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Saint-Malo_(France),_former_cloister_of_cathedral_Saint-Vincent.JPG] [accessed 28 May 2016]
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view of church exterior in context - west view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Gérard Janot, 2007
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 29 September 2007 by Gérard Janot [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:SaintMaloCathédrale.JPG] [accessed 28 May 2016]
Copyright Instructions: GFDL / CC-BY-SA-3.0-migrated
view of font in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariaje Calvo, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Mariaje Calvo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 30 November 2022)
view of church interior - chancel and east end
![like the restored font, the main altar and the chair on the right are the work of Arcabas [Jean-Marie Pirot]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/116052803_compressed.png)
Scene Description: like the restored font, the main altar and the chair on the right are the work of Arcabas [Jean-Marie Pirot]
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03397MAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-06-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: There are several other such fonts with figures holding up the basin in the Manche and Cote-d'Armor.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Saint-Malô [orig. from the Église paroissiale de Paramé]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the E end, centre of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent of Saragosse
Church Notes: original church 7thC and 9thC; re-built mid-12th; modified 13th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090798]
Church Address: 12 Rue Saint-Benoist, 35400 Saint-Malo, France -- Tel.: +33 2 99 40 82 31
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 18 km N of Dinan, 75 km N of Rennes, on the Manche litoral
Ecclesiastic Region: Archidiocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo [formerly in the ancienne diocèse de Saint-Malo]
Additional Comments: recycled font: a master recovery -perhaps too 'modern' for some- of a much deteriorated double-font VERY INTERESTING EXAMPLE TO SHOW -- MUST USE -- disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) gives the origin of this font as the old parish church at Paramé; from there it was transferred circa 1860 to the old museum of Saint-Malo; the new base and cover were done in 1993 by Arcabas [Jean-Marie Pirot] and Étienne, the artists responsible for the main altar of this cathedral. [On-site notes: the modern reconstruction of this double-font uses green metal and modern design to fill in the missing parts with a striking effect. The original one-piece stone double-basin has large forward-facing figures around it, their hands and legs stretched and touching in some cases. The basins are chipped and broken in several parts, some of the heads missing or damaged. The stumps left under the basins indicate that the original base was made up of two separate octagonal columns].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mariaje Calvo for her photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 571772 5388946
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.649444, -2.025556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 38′ 58″ N, 2° 1′ 32″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one (basin only)
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: N/A (probably octagonal)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)
Drainage Notes: The modern reconstruction has blocked the view of the inside of the basins
Basin Total Height: 53 cm*
Height of Base: 47 cm* [modern base]
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm* [includes modern base]
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site [NB: the length of the double-basin is 130 cm.; most other measurements are not available due to the reconstruction]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: lid (modern)
Inscription Text: "EVEILLE TOI - O TOI QUI DORS ET SUR TOI LE CHRIST RESPLENDIRA - EPH. 5/14"
Inscription Source: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, bronze
Notes: The lids form part of the reconstruction
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1515