Iffs No. 2 / Les Iffs
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inscription - detail
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 15 June 2000 by BSI
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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inscription - detail
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animal - mammal - dog or fox - passant
Scene Description: passant to the right
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animal - mammal - hare - regardant - with wind instrument
![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.](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/IFF0000912_compressed.png)
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.
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animal - mammal - ermine - 2
Scene Description: This stylised representation has been identified as a pair of ermines in similar carvings of the area.
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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
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design element - motifs - foliage - oak leaves
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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
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design element - motifs - floral - fleur-de-lis
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Scene Description: seen here on the right of the image
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03401IFF
Object Type: Baptismal Font1?
Date Visited: 2000-06-15
Font Date: 1458
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century [basin only] [base is 17th century [composite font], Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Ouen des Iffs
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, S side
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Owen [aka Audoen, Audoenus, Audoin, Dado, Ouen]
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]
Church Address: 35630 Les Iffs, France
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
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
Additional Comments: recycled font or stoup / composite font or stoup (the 1458 basin from a chapel in Monmuran was raised on a 17th century base and is now used as stoup)
Font Notes:
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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]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his additional information on this object
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 584065 5348952
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.288185, -1.86672
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 17′ 17.47″ N, 1° 52′ 0.19″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: none
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-, IV A 47
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 183