Plozevet / Plozévet

Results: 4 records

B01: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter - holding 2 keys

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

B02: human figure - with spade

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

B03: human figure - with hoe

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

B04: human figure - skeleton - holding scythe - symbol of Death

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 04681PLO
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Démet
Church Patron Saints: St. Démet [aka Demet of Plozévet]
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de, and 10 km W of, Plogastel-Saint-Germain, arrondissement de Quimper
Font Location in Church: Near the baptistery
Century and Period: 12th century, Romanesque
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]

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