Plouegat-Guerrand / Plouégat-Guerrand

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B01: human figure - head

Scene Description: seven heads, six with their eyes closed, the seventh has them open, a/p description and illustration in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998)

INFORMATION

FontID: 04678PLO
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Égat
Church Patron Saints: St. Égat
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Lanmeur, arrondissement de Morlaix
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a granite baptismal font of the 15th century; it has an octagonal basin raised on an octagonal shaft and a square lower base; seven sides of the basin are ornamented, each with a head on it: one has a human head with eyes open; three other heads are female and three others are of adolescents, all six with their eyes closed; the eighth side of the basin has a very small protruding secundary basinette (without base support).

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

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