Feins No. 1

Results: 3 records

B01: design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: on some areas of the basin sides

B02: design element - architectural - arch - Ogee

Scene Description: at least two such on one of the sides of the basin; there may be others around the back sides

BU01: human figure - head - 8

Scene Description: these appear to be human heads, one at each angle of the underbowl

INFORMATION

FontID: 04007FEI
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 Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Century and Period: 14th century, Gothic
Church Notes: This church has a 16th century double-font [cf. Index entry for Feins No. 2]
Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 15th century octagonal mounted holy-water stoup from the old church; the basin sides are carved with foliage and arch motifs; the underbowl has a human (?) head at each angle. The base is also octagonal.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Diameter (includes rim): 100 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 100 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, p. 1356)

REFERENCES

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