Melrand

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04257MEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century, Late Medieval
Cognate Fonts: Its ornamention is similar to that of the stoup at Locmariaquer, also in Morbihan
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle Saint-Fiacre
Font Location in Church: In the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Fiacre [aka Fiachra]
Church Notes: chapel ca. 1460 listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00091436]: "Edifice construit à la fin du 15e ou au début du 16e siècle, en granit."
Church Address: Saint-Fiacre, 56310 Melrand, France
Site Location: Morbihan, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2, 13-14 km SW of Pontivy
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a holy-water stoup with honeycomb pattern ornamentation similar to that at Locmariaquer

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 492934 5316427
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.0011, -3.09472
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 0′ 3.96″ N, 3° 5′ 40.99″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV A 74