Dinan No. 3

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design element - motifs - flat moulding

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

design element - motifs - foliage - acanthus

Scene Description: all around the underbowl

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

design element - motifs - moulding

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

design element - motifs - piping

Scene Description: at the four angles

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

view of church exterior - west view

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

view of church interior - nave - capital

Scene Description: definitely a pair of dromedaries

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

view of stoup

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 03408DIN

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: In the nave, by a column

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

Cognate Fonts: The basin is very similar to Dinan No. 5

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 basin of this font (?) is almost identical to the one listed in this index as "Dinan No. 5" and is found in the same church; like that one, it has an octagonal basin with a broad double rim at top; below it, large acanthus flowers cover the basin sides. The base of this one appears to be an architectural remnant of another part of the church and is certainly not the original. Both these fonts (?) are now used as stoups.

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: BSI on-site [NB: "outside rim" measurements refer to the min. & max. diagonals of the octagon]