Gahard No. 1
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human figure - head
Scene Description: on one of the corners; described in the source as "visage énigmatique" (Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 2, p. 1358))
INFORMATION
FontID: 04009GAH
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Exupère
Church Patron Saints: St. Exuperius [aka Exsuperius, Exupéry, Soupire]
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: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 11th-12th century wall-mounted holy-water stoup with a head/face carved on one of the corners of the basin side.
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