Saint-Malo No. 3 / Saent-Malô / Saint-Malô / Sant-Maloù
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view of church exterior - west view
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
view of church interior - baptistery
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 17 June 2000 by BSI
INFORMATION
FontID: 03410MAL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale [ancienne Cathédrale Saint-Vincent-de-Saragosse de Saint-Malô [orig. from the Eglise paroissiale de Paramé]
Church Patron Saints: St. Vincent of Saragosse
Church Location: 12 Rue Saint-Benoist, 35400 Saint-Malo, France -- Tel.: +33 2 99 40 82 31
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
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]
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, N, W end, in its own enclosure, behind a railing
Century and Period: 16th - 17th century, Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Other oval double fonts in the area.
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A late oval font in dark marble, equiped with double basin wells, one slightly larger than the other. The base consists of two separate columns, one under each side of the basin. The whole has been encased in a 18th-century white-and-pink enclosure from which rise four marble columns that support the white-and-gold roof of the baldaquin.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
48.649444,
-2.025556
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
48° 38′ 58″ N,
2° 1′ 32″ W
UTM: 30U 571772 5388946
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble
Font Shape: oval (mounted) (double-font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (both wells)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: Unable to check it; probably single drain in one of the basins.
Notes on Measurements: Though measurements could not be taken during the on-site visit, the font appears very much like the others in the area in size
LID INFORMATION
Material:
wood,
Notes: A flat, round wooden lid covered the larger well, supposedly the one which contains the holy water; there is also c canopy over the font