Chateaugiron / Châteaugiron

INFORMATION

FontID: 03985CHA
Church/Chapel: Ancien hôpital Saint-Nicholas
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Châteaugiron, arrondissement de Rennes (the chapel is attached to the Hospital, in 24, rue G.-de-Gaulle)
Century and Period: 16th century,
Church Notes: According to the source (Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 2000, v. 1, p. 362), the hospital was described at the time of Jean de Derval, seigneur de Châteaugiron during the later part of the 15th century, as "ospital et aumousnerie de Saint-Nicholas"; it is now a sculpture studio.
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a stoup made of three pieces which have never belonged together: the basin itself is mortar-shaped and suspected to have had an earlier identity as a grain measure; the upper piece is an angel with its chin leaning on its hands.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone
Number of Pieces: three
Font Shape: square (variant)
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000