Locmaria-Berrien / Lokmaria-Berrien
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view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: Source caption: "Locmaria-Berrien: le calvaire et l'église paroissiale"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Henri Moreau, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph 24 August 2010 by Henri Moreau [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmaria-Berrien2_Calvaire_et_église_paroissiale.JPG] [accessed 15 October 2023]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04584LOC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1681
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-Bonne-Nouvelle de Locmaria-Berrien
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the end of the nave
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: Le Bourg, 29690 Poullaouen, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (S) the D769, in the municipality and 5 km WNW of Poullaouen, 5 km SSE of Huelgoat,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper-Léon
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a holy-water stoup dated 1681 by an inscription; the basin is rather iregular, almost hemispheric, with two mouldings on the side and a carved date, 1681; it is raised on a round pedestal which has two mouldings at the bottom. The entry for this church in the Diocèse de Quimper et Léon web site [https://www.diocese-quimper.fr/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/LOCMARIB.pdf] [accessed reports both the dated srtoup and an undated font in it ["Bénitier de granit en forme de vasque, daté 1681, au fond de la nef. Fonts baptismaux : cuve octogonale avec déversoir, granit."]
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 448456 5355730
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.35264, -3.695731
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 21′ 9.5″ N, 3° 41′ 44.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 80 cm
Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 578)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: side of the basin
Inscription Text: "1681"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 1, p. 578)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 578