Gennes-sur-Seiche
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03980GEN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: cased-font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Sulpice
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Sulpicius [aka Sulpitius]
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton d'Argentré-du-Plessis, arrondissement de Rennes
Additional Comments: This is the first completely closed font i have seen so far, although others exist; i have used the term "cased-font" to describe the type//mt
Font Notes:
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Listed in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a baptismal font; this source illustrates only the "lambris" [lining case] which totally covers it: a rectangular wooden box with scroll and rosette ornamentation on the sides; the vertical corners have foliage motif and heads. The top is plain with two square lids which, we presume, give access to a typical granite double-font. The "lambris" is dated to the 17th century in the source [cf. supra]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century
Material: wood
Notes: This is a "cased-font", in which the font itself is totally hidden inside a wooden box-like frame with two hinged lids at the top.
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 95