Romazy No. 2

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04014ROM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1631
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle du Château de Montmoron (now used as stables)
Font Location in Church: By the entrance, on the right side
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.
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
Additional Comments: recycled stoup / recycled church: the church which houses this stoup, the former chapel of the castle, serves now as stables.
Font Notes:
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
Drainage System: no drainage system
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, vol. 2, p. 1381