Romazy No. 2
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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed
Scene Description: very regular ribbed pattern
INFORMATION
FontID: 04014ROM
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Chapelle du Château de Montmoron (now used as stables)
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
Font Location in Church: By the entrance, on the right side
Date: 1631
Century and Period: 17th century
Church Notes: According to Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 2, p. 1381) the former chapel of this castle was abandoned in the 18th century and serves now as the stables.
Font Notes:
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Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 17th century [the date 1631 is given in the source without mentioning an inscription] holy-water stoup wall-mounted at the entrance of the former chapel of the castle of Montmoron; it is a granite hemispheric basin with very regular ribbed pattern on the outside and it appears to be a whole hemisphere, not just the protruding part.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 50 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 2, p. 1381)
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000