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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04017MUE
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Many other such large plain octagonal stoups/fonts in this area
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Saint-Méen-le-Grand, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as an octagonal mounted stoup -very much resembling a baptismal font- of the 15th century; the basin is totally plain, with vertical sides; the stem of the base is square, as is the lower base, though they are placed in an angle-against-side arrangement. Both the base and lower base are made of several blocks of granite; the base is made of a single block of the same type.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1583