Meillac

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03986MEI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1423
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Formerly in the courtyard of the old presbitery (which is now the Mairie); moved later into the parish church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Martin of Tours
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Combourg, arrondissement de Saint-Malo
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a stoup dated by an inscription to 1423; it appears to be made ob a single block of granite; the basin is square, tall and narrow, with a tallish chamfer, both ornamented with foliage and rosette motif; the basin sides bear an inscription said to be the oldest in the 'canton'; the stem of the base is an octagonal pedestal and the lower base is square, both plain.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Interior Shape: square
Basin Exterior Shape: square

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Location: on the basin side(s)
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 1, p. 455)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 455