Saint-Hernin / St-Hernin

INFORMATION

FontID: 04517HER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Hernin
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located on the D82, 10 km SW of Carhaix-Plouguer, in the canton de Carhaix-Plouguer, arrondissement de Châteaulin
Font Location in Church: In the nave, south wall, to the right of the door
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in the Inventaire général... (1969) as a granite, wall-mounted holy-water stoup probably from the 17th or 18th century; it appears quadrangular and bears an inscription [cf. Inscription] which gives its maker's name as Le Goff. The front side of the basin has a motif under the inscription: oblong and with a hole in the centre (?)

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: quadrangular (wall-mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: quadrangular
Basin Exterior Shape: quadrangular

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on two sides of the basin
Inscription Text: "MOALIC : ET : LOISE / LE GOFF : LA : FAITE"
Inscription Source: Inventaire général... (1969)

REFERENCES

Inventaire général des monuments et des richesses artistiques de la France: Commission régionale de Bretagne, Finistère: canton Carhaix-Plouguer (2 vols.), Paris: Imprimérie nationale, 1969