Guipel
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03992GUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Martin
Font Location in Church: Under the tower, to the north of the main door
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 Hédé, arrondissement de Rennes
Additional Comments: recycled font: when the old church was torn down in the mid-18th century, this font was moved to the new church
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 15th century double font of plain granite: there is a main basin, octagonal and mounted on a pedestal base of the same shape; the second basin is is small and square. According to the source [cf. supra], this font is believed to have come from the old church which was torn down in the 18th century and replaced by the present one.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) octagonal 2) square
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm*
Notes on Measurements: *NB: the measurements are given simply as "120 x 100 cm" in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 1, p. 717)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 1, p. 717