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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04021TRI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1599
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(late), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Cognate Fonts: Several such double-fonts in this area
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Médrel-Saint-Amand
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Médrel & St. Amand
Church Notes: The present church building is mid-19th century.
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the canton de Tinténiac, arrondissement de Saint-Malo
Font Notes:
Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 16th century octagonal mounted double font; the upper volume is a single block of granite which comprises both basins and the link between them; there is an inscription with a date around the middle of the basin sides [cf. Inscription] and a moulding at the bottom of the underbowl. The lower volume consists of the two octagonal pedestals of the base and the rectangular lower base. Old-fashioned wooden lid serves both basins. This font is from the earlier church which went as far back as 1202.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: double-font, octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, octagonal (both)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: around the sides of both basins
Inscription Text: "JULIEN IAN DECE 1599 IAN ANDRE MA"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 2, p. 1681)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1681