Guilers
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04575GUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroissiale Saint-Valentin de Guilers
Font Location in Church: In the ossuary
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Valentin
Church Address: 29820 Guilers, France -- Tel.: +33 6 80 66 73 06
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D105, N of the D5, 7-8 km NW of Brest city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 16th-century baptismal font located in the ossuary; it is chalice-shaped; the hemispheric basin is ornamented with an upper level of oval motif and a lower one of ribbed pattern, with a thin moulding dividing the two registers; on one side (at least) there appear to be a shield framed in a garland. The stem of the base is rounded and has motifs similar to that on the lower register of the basin; the source [cf. supra] compares it to the "fleurons godronnés des croix finistériennes" (ibid., v. 1, p. 116). The lower base is octagonal.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 384686 5364763
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.425456, -4.558741
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 25′ 31.64″ N, 4° 33′ 31.47″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, [kersantite?]
Font Shape: chalice-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 116