Bourgbarre / Bourgbarré

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03983BOU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église de la Sainte Trinité
Font Location in Church: In its own enclosure
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: In the chapel of the Mesneuf manor house nearby there are interesting "engoulants" [=beem ends carved as animals with wide mouths] of canine appearance and "sablières" [=baseboard-like bands of often complex decoration typical of Brittany] carved with grapevines bearing fruit.
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Bruz, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a single-basin font and dated to the 17th century. It appears to be a composite font with hemispheric basin mounted on two or three parts which obviously do not belong together. The font has been located in an enclosure made by two corner walls covered in high paneling (wainscoting) and a low railing with a gate. There appears to be a much more regular object outside the enclosure, probably a holy-water stoup.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood
Notes: Plain wooden cover

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 229