Loc-Eguiner No. 1 / Loc-Éguiner

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04682LOC
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century (?)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Éguiner de Loc-Éguiner
Font Location in Church: In the porch of the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Éguiner
Church Notes: originally a family chapel of the Rosnyvinen family; became parochial later -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090070]: "A la base du clocher, l'inscription commémorant sa fondation porte la date de 1592. A l'intérieur de l'église, une inscription gothique mentionne l'année 1577. Le chevet à trois pans, qui termine la nef centrale, porte la date de 1631".
Church Address: 29400 Loc-Eguiner, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D35, 3-4 km SSW of Landivisau
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 16th-century chalice-shaped holy-water stoup; the round basin has an inscription around the side [cf. Inscription] and large ribs or gadroons on the sides below. The quasi-cylindrical stem of the base bears an emblem identified in the source as that of "branche cadette des Brézal." Holy-water stoup listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29005826]: "Bénitier à godrons [...] Granite [...] 17e siècle [...] Inscription : COGITA : MORI : RESPICE : FINEM." Stoup illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA029_20242900273, MHR53_20252900361, AP10L07913].

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 419135 5369422
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.472722, -4.094081
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 28′ 21.8″ N, 4° 5′ 38.69″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite [kersantite?]
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the upper rim side
Inscription Text: "COGITA : MORI : RESPICE : FINEM"
Inscription Notes: Translation given as: "Penses que tu mourras, fais donc attention au terme" [=Think of the end for you are mortal]
Inscription Source: Original Latin and French translation in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 2, p. 989). In Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2, p. 989
  • 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, 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, 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.