Quimperle No. 2 / Quimperlé / Kemperle

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 08056QUI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: ca. 1420-1430?
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (early), Late Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-de-l'Assomption
Font Location in Church: In the N porch
Church Patron Saint(s): The Assumption of St. Mary
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090380]: "Eglise commencée au 13e siècle, dont le choeur, les porches latéraux ainsi que la tour datent du 15e siècle."
Church Address: Pl. Saint-Michel, 29300 Quimperlé, France -- Tel.: +33 2 98 96 03 94
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D765, N of the E60, 67 km ESE of Quimper
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon
Font Notes:
Described and illustrated in Dourad (2002: 60) as a holy-water stoup located at the north entrance; the hexagonal object is of the type built around and as part of the partition column of the the entrance, one in which the descending pillar appears to rest in the centre of the basin; unlike many such, however, this one has a canopy right above it -also part of the column. Both the stoup and the canopy are ornamented with Gothic crocketed arches with equally adorned pinacles [NB: at least one of the internal sides of the basin appears to have had its ornamentation chiseled off, or never finished]. Douard (ibid.) informes that this part of the church was done between 1420 and 1430.

COORDINATES

UTM: 30T 459012 5302111
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.871028, -3.548111
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 52′ 15.7″ N, 3° 32′ 53.2″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal

REFERENCES

  • Douard, Christel, Quimperlé et son canton, Bretagne, Rennes: L'Inventaire, éditions Apogée, 2002, p. 60