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virtues and vices - Seven cardinal sins

a/p the source identification [cf. Notes on Font]
Scene Description: a/p the source identification [cf. Notes on Font]

INFORMATION

FontID: 03967BES
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Friard
Church Patron Saints: St. Friard
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest
Directions to Site: In the canton de Pontchâteau, arrondissement de Saint-Nazaire
Font Location in Church: In the baptismal chapel
Century and Period: 14th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite baptismal font and dated to the 14th century. It is an octagonal basin with plain sides but the tall chamfer sides have each a head which, according to the source [cf. supra], represent the capital sins (one of the figures illustrated in the source has horns on his forehead). The base is a cylindrical pedestal. There is a metal loop on the rim from the old locking system. The same source informs that this font was originally from the old church which was replaced by a new one started in 1883.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round?
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999