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B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) and Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998); the carving is in high relief and reaches all the way to the bottom of the font
Scene Description: a/p identification in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) and Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998); the carving is in high relief and reaches all the way to the bottom of the font

INFORMATION

FontID: 04271TRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Notre-Dame-de-Pitié
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Point-l'Abbé, arrondissement de Quimper, in the Baie d'Audierne, Pays Bigouden
Century and Period: 15th century, Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Font Notes:
Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) as a 15th century baptismal double-font with a representation of the Baptism of Christ on it. Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) shows a side photograph of the same: the main basin is octagonal and the baptism of Christ scene appears on the side; the second basin is a lower, square, tub-like addition which seems not belong to it at all.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted) (double font)
Basin Interior Shape: round (basin1) - square (basin2)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal (basin1) - square (basin2)
Drainage Notes: the main basin is lined with lead

REFERENCES

Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-
Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998