Gahard No. 2

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04251GAH
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Exupère de Gahard
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Exuperius [aka Exsuperius, Exupéry, Soupire]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090580]: "12e siècle ; 15e siècle ; 16e siècle"
Church Address: Rue de la Chapelle, 35490 Gahard, France
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D92, in the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Rennes, Dol et Saint-Malo
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 12thC church here)
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966-) as being a 16th century granite double font. [NB: there is an old postcard of a photograph showing a large stone vessel raised on the short stumps of round columns. The postcard bears the title: "3535. Gahrd (I.-et-V.) -- Parc du Prieuré. Ecuelle de Gargantua" [http://tikayu.unblog.fr/files/2008/08/gahardcuelle.vignette.jpg] [accessed 30 December 2013] - not known whether this is a baptismal vessel or not].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 609941 5350335
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.296656, -1.517637
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 17′ 47.96″ N, 1° 31′ 3.49″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV A 34