Penhars

INFORMATION

FontID: 04582PEN

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale

Country Name: France

Location: Finistère, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Located just south of Quimper

Century and Period: Gallo-Roman

Cognate Fonts: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) gives the stoup at Gouesnac'h as cognate

Font Notes: Click to view

Described in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a cognate of the stoup at Gouesnac'h [i.e., granit holy-water stoup, formerly a Gallo-Roman altar for incense burning; it has a square upper volume mounted on a square pedesta]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: square (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: square

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998