Plougourvest

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04676PLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1667?
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double-font -- Yves Bourc Hhis and Y. Kerfourn -- commissioned by Louis de Crésolles [for the baldaquin]
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre de Plougourvest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
Church Notes: listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA29000073]: "édifice religieux de la seconde moitié du 16ème siècle "
Church Address: 29400 Plougourvest, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D35, 5-6 km N of Lindivisiau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
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. Baldaquin listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29001653]: "Baldaquin des fonts baptismaux [...] 1667 [...] Baldaquin hexagonal, soutenu par six colonnes, et surmonté d'une statue de saint Pierre [...] Inscription : NOBLE ET VENERABLE LOVIS DE CRESOLES RECTEUR DE CETTE PAROISSE LAN 1667 FAICT PAR NOUS Y BOURHIS ET Y KERFOURN LORS FABRIQVES F TANGUY ET F RIOVALL." The font and baldaquin are illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP29W03350]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 419941 5378446
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.553998, -4.08491
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 33′ 14.39″ N, 4° 5′ 5.68″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (pink)? or granite?
Font Shape: double-font, pedestal font
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, oval?

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on the baldaquin
Inscription Text: "NOBLE ET VENERABLE LOVIS DE CRESOLES RECTEUR DE CETTE PAROISSE LAN 1667 FAICT PAR NOUS Y BOURHIS ET Y KERFOURN LORS FABRIQVES F TANGUY ET F RIOVALL."
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 1, p. 652
  • 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.
  • France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.