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INFORMATION

FontID: 04017MUE
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Church Patron Saints: The Assumption of St. Mary
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Saint-Méen-le-Grand, arrondissement de Rennes
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Many other such large plain octagonal stoups/fonts in this area
Font Notes:
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