Dinan No. 4
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03407DIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-06-16
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Èglise Saint-Malo in Dinan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its own enclosure, to the left of the entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)
Church Notes: earlier extramural church documented 13thC; demolished 1488; present intramural church 15thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00089076]: "15e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 19e siècle"
Church Address: Rue du Chanoine Meinser, 22100 Dinan, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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On-site notes: an oval basin, mounted on a square bulbous pedestal, contains a double well, only one of the wells has a drain; between the two, there are two small rectangular receptacles for the crism, etc. The font is made of pink "veined" marble and resembles several other fonts of about the same period found in this area. The cover is a wooden dome flat on the outer sides, with a small brass finial.
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.4548, -2.04599
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 27′ 17.28″ N, 2° 2′ 45.56″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble
Font Shape: double-font, oval, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, oval
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: The off-centre hole occurs only in one of the two wells of the basin
Diameter (inside rim): 37 cm (each well)
Diameter (includes rim): 74 x 97 cm
Basin Total Height: 28 cm
Height of Base: 64 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 30 x 26 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI. [NB: the small rectangular receptacles between the basin wells measure 14 x 12cm each]
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Notes: The oval cover is 80 cm long and 38 cm tall.