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INFORMATION

FontID: 04001MER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chapelle de Notre-Dame-de-Joie
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Maure-de-Bretagne, arrondissement de Redon
Century and Period: 13th century, Romanesque
Church Notes: This chapel was originally built in the 13th century and rebuilt circa 1647 (Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, 2000, v. 2, p. 936)
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a crudely made, roughly quadrangular, medieval footless stoup; it is made of granite and totally plain. If it matches the date of the original chapel, it can be then dated to the 13th century.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (unmounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000