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INFORMATION

Font ID: 04689PLO
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1626
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle Saint-André [aka Sant Andro] de Plogoff
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted near the N entrance
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew
Church Notes: chapel said to have been transported onto the present location -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: IA00006281]
Church Address: 6 Rue de la Chapelle, 29770 Plogoff, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D784, about 10 km W of Pont-Croix, 35-40 km W of Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 17th-century granite holy-water stoup; the basin is hemispherical and has roll mouldings on the sides, with a knob-like protrusion at the bottom. The stone on the wall which serves as back-drop has an inscription (?) with the date 1626; a shell motif is located right at the basin level. The holy-water stoup is listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29004320]: "Bénitier [...] Granite [...] H = 61 ; la = 75 [...] Inscription sculptée : A PELERIN : FA / 1626." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: OA029_20202901869].

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.033458, -4.642008
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 2′ 0.45″ N, 4° 38′ 31.23″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: hemispheric, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Diameter (includes rim): 75 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 61 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French & numbers
Inscription Location: on the wall [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Text: "A PELERIN : FA / 1626"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2: 1163
  • 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.