Ferre / Le Ferré
Results: 2 records
design element - motifs - leaf - palm
Scene Description: palmette-like motif?
human figure - head
Scene Description: [cf. font notes for suggested influences]
INFORMATION
FontID: 03998FER
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul [orig. from a chapel at La Phélipotière]
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Louvigné-du-Désert, arrondissement de Fougères
Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a stoup from the Middle Ages originally from the 1662 chapel which existed at La Phélipotière together with some inscribed lintels now in the parish church. The granit pedestal stoup has a cylindrical basin on whose side protrudes a carved head which the source [cf. supra] akin to influences from the Middle East as well as Byzantium and the kingdoms of Scandinavia; next to the head there appears to be some palmette motif or similar. The pedestal base is a cylindrical column with round capital and square base.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, granite
Number of Pieces: three?
Font Shape: pedestal font
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000