Loc-Eguiner No. 2 / Loc-Éguiner

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04683LOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1641
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(mid)
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font (basinette type)
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Éguiner de Loc-Éguiner
Font Location in Church: Inside 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 17th-century baptismal font; it is in most respects very similar to the holy-water stoup in the same church, both identified in the source [cf. supra] as products of a local workshop of the Élorn valley. The font is chalice-shaped with an inscription [cf. Inscription] at the side of the upper rim, and ribbed pattern ornamentation on the rest of the basin sides. A constructional basinette, very small, protrudes from the side of the basin and is ornamented with the same ribbed pattern. [NB: other such fonts in Brittany and one at Youlgreave in England]. The base is a cylindrical stem with thin roll moulding at top and bottom; the lower base is also cylindrical and plain. The same source reports a much damaged shield on the basin side, which it identifies as that of the Brézal family. The font appears to have been broken up into several pieces and then put together again.

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
Font Shape: double-font, chalice-shaped, with side basinette
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: double basin, round (both)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: on the side of the upper rim
Inscription Text: "[QVI CREDIDERIT ET BAPTIZATVS FVERIT S]ALVVUS ERI[T]"
Inscription Notes: The source gives only the French translation: "Qui croira et sera baptisé sera sauvé", but part of the Latin text is visible on the illustration.
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998, v. 2, p. 990)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2, p. 990