Plozevet / Plozévet

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04681PLO
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Démet de Plozévet [aka Chapelle Saint Démet]
Font Location in Church: Near the baptistery
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Démet [aka Demet of Plozévet]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00005662]: "13e siècle ; 4e quart 14e siècle ; 16e siècle ; 4e quart 17e siècle ; 1er quart 18e siècle ; 4e quart 18e siècle".
Church Address: 21 Rue de Saint-Demet, 29710 Plozévet, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D2-D784 crossroads, in the canton de, and 10 km W of, Plogastel-Saint-Germain, arrondissement de Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Additional Comments: symbol of Death stoup
Font Notes:
Described in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a Romanesque style basin of the 12th century, ornamented with many carvings, among which: St. Peter with his keys, the skeleton of Death with its scythe ["l'Ankou avec sa faux"], a farmer with a spade, and another with a hoe. [NB: there is discrepancy in the source regarding this font: the text mentions a number of figural carvings but the illustration supplied shows a totally plain cylindrical font. - to be resolved]

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 393557 5315751
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.986203, -4.426567
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 59′ 10.33″ N, 4° 25′ 35.64″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: cylindrical
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2, p. 947