Foret-Fouesnant / La Forêt-Fouesnant

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04580FOR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1628
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font / baldaquin font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-d'Izel-Vor
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in its baldaquin
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 16thC church -- listed in é [ref.: PA00089956]
Church Address: Rue de l'Église, 29940 La Forêt-Fouesnant, France -- Tel.: +33 2 98 56 96 55
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D44, about 20 km SE of Quimper city centre
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a granit baptismal font dated 1628; the main basin is cylindrical with an equally-shaped but more slender base; the auxiliary basin is also cylindrical and much smaller in size, and is united to the main basin and base by two "bridges" with a gap in between. The large basin has an octagonal low-dome wooden cover; the small basin is quite shallow and has a centre drain. The same source [cf. supra] reports a tall wooden baldaquin which covers the font and rests on six columns; it is decorated with foliage motif. The font, its cover and its hexagonal baldaquin are illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP52P01066].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 426795 5306519
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.907814, -3.979614
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 54′ 28.13″ N, 3° 58′ 46.61″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: double-font, cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round (both)
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, round (both)
Drainage System: centre hole in the small basin
Drainage Notes: Not known whether or not the main basin is also drained

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Text: "1628"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 470)

LID INFORMATION

Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 470
  • 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.