Chelun
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03990CHE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Guerche-de-Bretagne, arrondissement de Rennes
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: According to the source [cf. supra], it came from the old church which was torn down in the 19th century.
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 16th century limestone stoup: it is cup-shaped with twelve large ribs, convex on the outside, concave on the inside. Pedestal base in the shape of a cluster of columns. According to the source [cf. supra], it came from the old church which was torn down in the 19th century.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: pedestal stoup
Basin Interior Shape: other (lobulated)
Basin Exterior Shape: other (lobulated)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 657