Carantec
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04694CAR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Carantec de Carantec
Font Location in Church: Inside, near the chancel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Carantoc [aka Carannog, Caranog, Carantoc, Carentoc, Caradec, Cradocus, Cradokus, Crannog]
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00089857]: "16e siècle"
Church Address: 29660 Carantec, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D73, at its N end, about 11 km N of Taulé, 15-16 km NNW of Morlaix
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes du Finistère (1998) as a 17th-century baptismal font; plain octagonal basin on an octagonal base, also plain. The secondary basin is added, not part of the original design, and rests on its own foot.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 432680 5391048
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.668855, -3.914341
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 40′ 7.88″ N, 3° 54′ 51.63″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat plain modern lid
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Finistère (2 vols.), Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1998, vol. 2, p. 1536