Saint-Georges-de-Reintembault

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03999GEO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Georges
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Louvigné-du-Désert, arrondissement de Fougères
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a granite double-font of the 16th century; the two basins, one slightly smaller than the other, appear octagonal and they share a rectangular base; the whole appears to be a single block of stone. Thre are plain wooden lids hinged in the centre, between the two basins, to open on both ends. The source [cf. supra] reports that this is the font in which le père Maunoir was baptised in 1606; the font was transfered to the new church after 1869.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern
Material: wood

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 857