Saint-Malo No. 2 / Saent-Malô / Saint-Malô / Sant-Maloù
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Lola Rodríguez, 2016
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 July 2014 by Lola Rodríguez
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received via Mikel Unanue (e-mail of 26 May 2016)
view of font - northeast side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Fairweather, 2001
Image Source: Peter Fairweather, Lincoln, England
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Fairweather, 2001
Image Source: Peter Fairweather, Lincoln, England
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
animal - fabulous animal or monster - head - with vegetation
Scene Description: on the upper corner, east side
view of basin - detail
Scene Description: the figure on the front
human figure - standing - arms raised - 2
Scene Description: Atlante-like, holding the upper rim
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Image Source: BSI - Photographed July 2000
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariaje Calvo, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Mariaje Calvo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Mariaje Calvo, 2022
Image Source: digital photograph by Mariaje Calvo
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author via Mikel Unanue
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03409MAL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2000-06-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Cognate Fonts: Related to several other fonts in the area with figures (atlante-like) on the basin (Dinan, etc.). Other fonts or stoups with heads in this region at: Bécherel, Corseul, Dinan, Erquy, Perros-Guirec and Pleur-Tuit.
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale [ancienne Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Saint-Malô [orig. from the Église paroissiale de Paramé]
Font Location in Church: To the right of the main entrance, at the foot of the stairs
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Vincent of Saragosse
Church Address: 12 Rue Saint-Benoist, 35400 Saint-Malo, France -- Tel.: +33 2 99 40 82 31
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 18 km N of Dinan, 75 km N of Rennes, on the Manche litoral
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo [formerly in the ancienne diocèse de Saint-Malo]
Additional Comments: recycled font: . A round hole -now plugged- on the side of the basin appears too large to have been the original drainage channel. The font looks like it was exposed to the elements, used perhaps as a farm trough, which would explain the side hole and the weathering. The vertical groove under the hole, however, could be an argument to the contrary [cf. image].
Font Notes:
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Noted in Autissier (2005) as one of a group of fonts or stoups in the region decorated with heads [Autissier (ibid.) notes Bécherel, Corseul, Dinan, Erquy, Perros-Guirec and Pleur-Tuit as others in this group]. On-site notes: a large tub-shaped granite font. The sides of the basin have two full human figures, atlante-like, arms raised towards the upper rim. On the left side there is a head, appears to be of a beast with foliage. The square base appears to be unrelated to the font, and it is tall enough to raise the basin to the standard one-meter approximately. A round hole -now plugged- on the side of the basin appears too large to have been the original drainage channel. The font looks like it was exposed to the elements, used perhaps as a farm trough, which would explain the side hole and the weathering. The vertical groove under the hole, however, could be an argument to the contrary [cf. image]. There is evidence of a large crack which was repaired. The lead lining, if ever there was any, is now gone [NB: several other early granite fonts of the area -Samer, etc.- appear never to have been lined]. One of the corners of the base is broken off.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Peter Fairweather, Lola Rodríguez and Mariaje Calvo, for their additional photographs of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 571772 5388946
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.649444, -2.025556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 38′ 58″ N, 2° 1′ 32″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: Side drainage system
Drainage Notes: May not be the original (cf. font notes)
Rim Thickness: 8-9 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 65-65 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 80-81 cm
Basin Depth: 30 cm
Basin Total Height: 65 cm
Height of Base: 35 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Square Base Dimensions: 55 x 50 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site
LID INFORMATION
Notes: There is evidence of the old metal hinges on the upper rim of the basin.
REFERENCES
- Autissier, Anne, La sculpture romane en Bretagne, XIe-XIIe siècles, Rennes: Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2005, p. 350