Rumengol / Le Faou
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B01: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Gihon
Scene Description: left side of the inscription -- "Gehon" in the inscription
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B010: angel - cherub - animal - bird
Scene Description: this is the north side of the basin -- the brid flies over the angel
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B011: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Euphrates -- Christ - monogram - IHS - animal - reptile - serpent
Scene Description: only part of the right hand of the inscription is visible here -- to the right, the IHS monogram with a cross on the horizontal bar of the H -- the head of the snake points to the monogram
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B012: animal - reptile - snake - animal - bird - symbol - flower
Scene Description: only a part of the left side of the inscription is visible here -- serpent with a coiled tail to the right of it -- a bird and a flower below and to the right of the serpent's body
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B02: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Gihon
Scene Description: right side of the iinscription
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B03: angel - cherub - animal - bird
Scene Description: this is the south side of the basin -- the bird flies over trhe head of the angel
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B04: animal - mammal - lion - with reptile - serpent
Scene Description: an enormous tonge sticks out of the lion's mouth towards the serpent next to it
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B05: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Pison
Scene Description: left side of the inscription -- "Phison" in the inscription
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B06: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Pison
Scene Description: right side of the inscription
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B07: human figure - hand - animal - mammal - dog and deer
Scene Description: these appear on the lower part or underbowl
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B08: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Tigris (Hiddekel}- animal - reptile - serpent
Scene Description: left side of the inscription -- "Tigris" in the inscription -- the serpent is located to the left of the banner
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B09: Old Testament - Genesis - the the four rivers of paradise (springing from a fountain) (springing from a fountain) - Tigris (Hiddekel}
Scene Description: right side of the inscription
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view of basin
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view of basin
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view of font and canopy, baldachin
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INFORMATION
FontID: 04267RUM
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-du-Tout-Remède
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located near Le Faou, in the Basin de Chateaulin
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1660
Century and Period: 17th century
Font Notes:
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Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a baptismal font dated 1660. Fully described and illustrated in the 'Bretagne 2 Itineraires' web site [www.bretagne2.com]: a roughly hemispherical basin decorated with angels, serpents, birds, lion, deer and Christ's anagram, as well as four inscriptions referring to the four rivers of Paradise [cf. Inscription area], in reference to Genesis 2, 10-14 [NB: the Faou font uses "Tigris" instead of Heiddekel for the third 'head' or river]. The font is housed in a large baldaquin, as is often found in churches of this region [Britanny / Bretagne]. [NB: the font itself is dated to the beginning of the 16th century in this source]. The web site for Patrimoine Breton [www.bagadoo.tm.fr/patrimoine-breton/rumengol.html] describes and illustrates a roughly hemispherical stone basin decorated with birds, snakes, cherub(s?) and four labels bearing the names of the fourt rivers of Paradise: "le Géhon, le Phison, le Tigris et l'Euphrate". The font is shown covered with an old lid provided with a lock. This same source informs that in this font was baptised Philippe Le Guillou. [NB: a certain style in the decoration of this font may be compared to the one of the font at Aoiz, Navarra, in Spain -- cf. Index entry]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Notes: Reference to the Old Testament, Genesis, 2, 10-14 -- The texts of the inscriptions are framed within banner-like shapes
Inscription Location: on the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: 1.- "GEHON: C'EST CELUI QUI CIRCUIT TOUTE LA TERRE D'ETHIOPIE"
2.- "PHISON: C'EST CELUI QUI ENVIRONNE TOUTE LA TERRE DE HEVILA LA OU CROIST L'OR"
3.- "TIGRIS CESTUY VA VERS ASSYRIE TROISIESME FLEUVE"
4.- "EUPHRATE ET LE QUATRIESME FLEUVE"
Inscription Source: www.bretagne2.com/itineraire/finistere/faou_baptistere
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th-18th century?
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: the lid appears made of wood but the locking hardware is metal -- the font is situated under a large canopy of the same or slightly later date
REFERENCES
Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-