Guipel

INFORMATION

FontID: 03992GUI
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Martin
Church Patron Saints: St. Martin of Tours
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Hédé, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Location in Church: Under the tower, to the north of the main door
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
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: octagonal (mounted)(double-font)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1) square (basin2)
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