Dinan No. 5

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design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus

Scene Description: large ones, all around the lower half of the underbowl

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

design element - motifs - moulding

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

view of basin - upper view

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

view of stoup

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 03406DIN

Church/Chapel: Èglise Saint-Malo in 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

Century and Period: [composite font or stoup?], [composite]

Cognate Fonts: similar to Dinan No. 3

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

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

On-site notes: the octagonal granite basin has two mouldings at the upper rim of its sides; below them, large acanthus leaves cover the rest of the basin sides. The base appears to be of a different stone and not to have belonged to this font. Although it is now used as a stoup, it looks like it was originally used as a baptismal font. [See also "Dinan No. 3", which is similar]

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, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 8.5-11 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 75 cm*

Diameter (includes rim): 92-100 cm*

Basin Depth: 30 cm*

Basin Total Height: 60 cm*

Height of Base: 34 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*

Notes on Measurements: *[NB: measurements were not available for this font; the ones given here have been taken from Dinan No. 3, which is almost identical]