Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03971PHI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Abbatiale de Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu
Font Location in Church: By the original transept arch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Philbert [aka Filbertus]
Church Notes: The source [cf. supra] informs that the basin located before the font is a "lavabo" or piscina.
Site Location: Loire-Atlantique, Grand-Ouest, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Saint-Philbert-de-Grand-Lieu, arrondissement de Nantes
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique (1999) as a granite double-font dated from the time when the the abbey church functioned as parish church. The main volume is an octagonal mounted font with a stem and base of the same shape; the smaller volume, on the other hand, is rounded from the basin (semicircular) to the stem and the lower base. It appears that there is a division of the main basin well via a metal insert.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (both)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) octagonal 2) semi-circular
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes de la Loire-Atlantique, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 1231