Locunole / Locunolé

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04574LOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroissiale Saint-Guénolé de Locunolé
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, SW area
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Winwaloe [aka Guénolé de Landévennec, Grimolay, Guignolet, Gwenole, Guingalan, Guingalois, Guinglin, Guingualoeus, Guingaloué, Gwenole, Gwennole, Uuingualoeus, Walloy, Winnoc, Winwallus, Winwaloeus]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090072]: "Edifice en forme de croix latine de la fin du 17e siècle ayant conservé des arcades et des chapiteaux romans du 11e siècle."
Church Address: Rue de Quimperlé, 29310 Locunolé, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D73A, 5-6 km N of Morlaix
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998); double baptismal font: the main basin is square with mouldings and raised on a cylindrical pedestal; the secundary basin is much smaller and round and very shallow, raised on a cylindrical shaft. An inscription dates the font to 1672. Font and cover are listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29003728]: "Fonts baptismaux ; couvercle des fonts baptismaux [...] 16e siècle [...] Cuve baptismale en granit et couvercle en bois [...] Inscription : M B L. [...] Dans le bas-côté sud de l'église." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA029_192901115]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 436584 5386139
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.6251, -3.86058
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 37′ 30.36″ N, 3° 51′ 38.09″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (both basins)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, 1) square 2) round
Drainage System: centre hole in the small basin
Drainage Notes: NB: there may be a drain hole in the larger basin as well, but it is not documented
Diameter (includes rim): 108 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 88 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: letters & numbers
Inscription Text: 1) "1672" 2) "M.B.L."
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: 1) Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 45) 2) Palissy

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat; matches the contour of the double basins with corresponding openings

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 45
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.