Breal-sous-Montfort / Bréal-sous-Montfort

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04004BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Malo
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Plélan-le-Grand, arrondissement de Rennes
Additional Comments: recycled font: the base, an obvious mis-match, is a hollow square volume ornamented with the symbols of the Evangelists, one on each side, obviously not the original base; our source [cf. supra] suggests that it is probably the foot of cross recycled to form as a base now for the double-font
Font Notes:
Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a medieval double-font of octagonal basins adorned with foliage motifs. It is now mounted [rather precariously] on a hollow square volume ornamented with the symbols of the Evangelists, one on each side, which is obviously not the original base; our source [cf. supra] suggests that it is probably the foot of cross. There are low-dome metal lids on both basins. [NB: most of the double-fonts of this type we have found in Ille-et-Vilaine and nearby areas are dated, 15th-16th century]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

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

LID INFORMATION

Material: metal, grass
Notes: There are lids on both basins and there appears to be a tiny one for the receptacle between the basin wells too.

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1099