Lampaul-Guimiliau No. 3 / Lambaol-Gwimilio

Results: 2 records

design element - motifs - foliage

Scene Description: a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

design element - patterns - ribbed

Scene Description: on both underbowls of the double font, a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04675LAM
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Lampaul-Guimiliau
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: place de l'Église, 29400 Lampaul-Guimiliau, France
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Lampaul-Guimiliau is just E of the D69, SE of Landivisiau, 27 km S of Roscoff, and not far the sites for the other canopied fonts (Sizun, Commana, etc.)
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper
Historical Region: Pays de Landivisiau
Font Location in Church: In the mullion of the main entrance
Century and Period: 16th century,
Described in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 16th-century holy-water stoup located in the mullion of the main entrance to the church. The basin is hemispherical and ornamented with foliage and ribbing, and mounted on a slender moulded shaft.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.4931, -4.0403
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 29′ 35.16″ N, 4° 2′ 25.08″ W
UTM: 30U 423141 5371631

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, [kersantite?]
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

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