Breal-sous-Vitre / Bréal-sous-Vitré
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BBU01: design element - architectural - arcade - blind - trefoiled arches
Scene Description: each side containing four such arches
INFORMATION
FontID: 04022BRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Ancienne priorale 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 Vitré-Est, arrondissement de Rennes, 12 kms E of Vitré.
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 15th century square mounted font; the square basin has a rim with trilobe arches; below it a rounded moulding; the chamfer of the underbowl is plain, as is the square base. An almost flat brass lid has an orb-and-cross finial. Listed also in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- )
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: square (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: square
LID INFORMATION
Material: metal, brass
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000