Iffs No. 2 / Les Iffs

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animal - mammal - dog and hare

Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Saint-Ouen (Les Iffs). Bénitier, avec lièvre musicien en relief." -- the dog on the left passant to the right; the hare sitting regardant on its hind quarters holds a wind instrument

Image Source: digital photograph [edited] 2 September 2012 by Armael [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint_Ouen_7.JPG] [accessed 20 March 2023]

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animal - mammal - dog or fox - passant

Scene Description: passant to the right

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

animal - mammal - ermine - 2

Scene Description: This stylised representation has been identified as a pair of ermines in similar carvings of the area.

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

animal - mammal - hare - regardant - with wind instrument

Scene Description: The "musical" hare appears to be chased by the dog or fox on the previous side of the basin, but stares back [unconcerned?] at it in a regardant position; the instrument resembles a French 'serpent' rather than the more common variety.

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

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

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Armael [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint_Ouen_8.JPG] [accessed 25 November 2016]

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design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: seen here partially on the left panel of the underbowl, to the left of the oak leaves

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

design element - motifs - foliage - oak leaves

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

inscription - detail

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

inscription - detail

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

inscription - detail

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

inscription - detail

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

inscription - detail

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

inscription - detail

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

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 September 2012 by Armael [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_Saint_Ouen_8.JPG] [accessed 25 November 2016]

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view of font or stoup in context

Scene Description: seen here on the right of the image

INFORMATION

FontID: 03401IFF

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Ouen des Iffs

Church Patron Saints: St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]

Church Location: 35630 Les Iffs, France

Country Name: France

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

Directions to Site: Located near Tinténiac, at the C3-C4 crossing, 20 km N of Rennes, off the N137 towards Béchere, and only a few kms across from Hédé where another double-font is reported by Malle (1984) outside the church

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol & St Malo

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side

Date: 1458

Century and Period: 15th century [basin only] [base is 17th century [composite font], Late Medieval

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his additional information on this object

Church Notes: Two stoups noted in this church; this one is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM35000265]. The combination of ermine and fleur-de-lis is, according to Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000), an indication that this church was under the suzerainty of the Duchy of Brittany and the Crown of France. See also the Index entry for the baptismal font of this church [cf. Les Iffs No. 1]

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Octagonal basin sits on a later bulbous upper base and a square lower base. An inscription runs across the upper border of the basin; on the sides there is fleur-de-lis, oak and acanthus leaf motifs; on another, a rabbit or hare holds a wind instrument resembling a trumpet or trombone; behind it, a dog or fox; another side contains the stylised representation of two ermines. This combination of ermine and fleur-de-lis is, according to Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000), an indication that this church was under the suzerainty of the Duchy of Brittany and the Crown of France. The same source informs that the basin is originally from a chapel at Montmuran. Listed also in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ). Palissy [ref.: PM35000265] notes: "Bénitier ou fonts baptismaux ? Cuve baptismale sur plan octogonal. Le corps de moulures supérieur porte une inscription. Au-dessous, les faces sont décorées d'animaux [...] Le pied supportant la cuve est plus récent." The original listing of 23 november 1948 in the Inventaire 1985-1986 by C. Dréan and J.J. Rioult includes the text of the inscription: "[?] ce [?] fut fait l'an Mil quatre cts L et VIII [?]" [NB: the question marks correspond to non-letter signs: the initial and closing ones resemble a large S, the third one resembles an arrow with both ends pointed]

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.288185, -1.86672

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 17′ 17.47″ N, 1° 52′ 0.19″ W

UTM: 30U 584065 5348952

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: three

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Rim Thickness: 7-10 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 56-57 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 71-76 cm* / 80 cm** / 73 cm***

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Basin Total Height: 25 cm*

Height of Base: 80 cm*

Basin Upper Panel Dimensions: 28 x 30 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 105 cm* / 100 cm**

Font Height (with Plinth): 117 cm***

Square Base Dimensions: 63 x 63 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB:the "outside diameter" measurements given correspond to the min. & max. diagonals of the octagon] / ** Palissy [ref.: PM35000265] "(Dimensions approximatives)" / *** Original 1948 inventory entry

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French

Inscription Location: across 6 of the sides of the upper border of the basin

Inscription Text: "[?] ce [?] fut fait l'an Mil quatre cts L et VIII [?]"

Inscription Source: Pol Herman and BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: octagonal, flat and plain; modern

REFERENCES

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

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