Loc-Eguiner No. 2 / Loc-Éguiner

Results: 3 records

B01: coat of arms - Brézal

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

B02: design element - patterns - ribbed

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

BD201: design element - patterns - ribbed

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

INFORMATION

FontID: 04683LOC
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Éguiner
Church Patron Saints: St. Éguiner
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Ploudiry, arrondissement de Brest
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1641
Century and Period: 17th century(mid),
Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font (basinette type)
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.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: chalice-shaped (with side basinette)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
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 Location: on the side of the upper rim
Inscription Text: "[QVI CREDIDERIT ET BAPTIZATVS FVERIT S]ALVVUS ERI[T]"
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