Romazy No. 2

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BU01: design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: very regular ribbed pattern

INFORMATION

FontID: 04014ROM
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.
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