Romazy No. 1
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04013ROM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Cognate Fonts: Chauvigné
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre-Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: The church was formerly a Benedictine priory.
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Notes:
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Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 17th-century double-font similar to the one at Chauvigné [cf. Index entry]. The damage to the one side of the large basin is the sort that occurs when an attempt is made to remove the metal staples of the rim.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite (granit de Chauvigné)
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal (basin1) pentagonal (basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) octagonal 2) pentagonal
LID INFORMATION
Notes: The original staples from the old cover system are still on the rim
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1377