Lampaul-Guimiliau No. 3 / Lambaol-Gwimilio

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04675LAM
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Lampaul-Guimiliau
Font Location in Church: In the mullion of the main entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Address: place de l'Église, 29400 Lampaul-Guimiliau, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
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 Notes:
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

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

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, vol. 1, p. 638