Plaine-sur-Mer / La Plaine-sur-Mer / La Pleine

Results: 7 records

R01: human figure - head

Scene Description: schematic faces done on the side of the rim

design element - motifs - unidentified

Image Source: digital photograph 14 December 2022 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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human figure - face, head or mask

Image Source: digital photograph 14 December 2022 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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inscription

Image Source: digital photograph 14 December 2022 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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view of church exterior - north view

Scene Description: Source caption: "L'église Notre-Dame-de l'Assomption."

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Simon de l'Ouest, 2017

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 July 2017 by Simon de l'Ouest [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:44_La_Plaine-sur-Mer_église.jpg] [accessed 7 November 2023]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church interior - looking east

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Office de Tourisme Intercommunal de Pornic, 2023

Image Source: digital photograph in the Office de Tourisme Intercommunal de Pornic [https://en.pornic.com/church-of-notre-dame-de-l-assomption-1.html] [accessed 7 November 2023]

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view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph 14 December 2022 [source N/A] provided by Pol Herman

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INFORMATION

FontID: 03968PLA
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption à la Plaine-sur-Mer
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Location: 1 Rue de l'Église, 44770 La Plaine-sur-Mer, France -- Tel.: +33 9 84 22 46 92
Country Name: France
Location: Loire-Atlantique, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located off the D13-D96 crossroads, 1 km N of Préfailles, 7-8 km WNW of Pornic, 25 km across S the bay from Saint-Nazaire
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Nantes
Historical Region: Pays de Retz
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1611?
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: "Un premier édifice religieux, l'église de Notre-Dame de la Plaine fut construit aux environs de l'an mil". The present church dates only from the mid-19th century [1869], but it was a re-building of an earlier one documented 1716 but probably 16thC; became parochial in the 18thC
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a hemispheric stoup in a dark marble-like stone with dating of 1611 from an inscription; the same inscription refers to two persons by name, ["Georges Rolland et à Guillemette Davi sa femme"] probably the donors; there is also a graffito "semblent d'évoquer des têtes de mort" [=appearing to evoque the heads of the dead] at the rim.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 47.137414, -2.191589
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 47° 8′ 14.69″ N, 2° 11′ 29.72″ W
UTM: 30T 561302 5220752

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 60 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999, v. 2, p. 952)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: Transcription as given in the available source
Inscription Location: around the upper rim surface
Inscription Text: "1611 - Dieu face pardon à Feorges Rolland et à Guillemette Davi sa femme" [exact text unavailable]
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999, v. 2, p. 952)

REFERENCES

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