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BBL01: design element - motifs - foliage

along the lower basin sides, some badly damaged
Scene Description: along the lower basin sides, some badly damaged

INFORMATION

FontID: 03989BAI
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Mars / Marse
Church Patron Saints: St. Marse [bishop of Nantes]
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Guerche-de-Bretagne, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Location in Church: Partly embeded in a niche of the nave wall
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a granit stoup of the 15th century; the octagonal basin is adorned at the lower part of the sides with foliage motif; a large part of this motif is damaged and broken off on at least two of the sides. The round pedestal base has two mouldings, top and bottom. Listed also in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage Notes: there appears to be a copper (?) lining

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000