Saint-Christophe-des-Bois
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B01: design element - motifs - rope
Scene Description: a thin one around its middle
INFORMATION
FontID: 04025CHR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Christophe
Church Patron Saints: St. Christopher
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the canton de Vitré-Ouest, arrondissement de Rennes, 14 kms N of Vitré.
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Church Notes: The present church building is of the late 19th century.
Font Notes:
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Listed and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 15th century octagonal mounted font. The basin is plain except for a thin rope motif around its middle; there is protruding moulding at the top of the upper base and a smaller one on the lower base; it is otherwise plain. The modern flat wooden cover is octagonal but has a square hutch-like hinged door for access. The font is from the old church.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
REFERENCES
Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000