Saint-Berthevin-la-Tanniere / Saint-Berthevin-la-Tannière / St-Berthevin-la-Tannière
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BH01: animal - mammal - ram - head
Scene Description: on the front side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flohic, 2002
Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 2: 513)
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view of stoup
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flohic, 2002
Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 2: 513)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
FontID: 08661BER
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Berthevin
Church Patron Saints: St. Berthevin
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Landivy, arrondissement de Mayenne
Font Location in Church: Near the porch
Century and Period: 15th century, Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 2: 513): holy-water stoup of the 15th century; the basin is hexagonal inside and out, with irregular almost vertical sides, the back being the widest; the front side is ornamented with the protruding head of an animal identified in this same source as a ram, the Devil's symbol ["orné d'un bouc, symbole du Diable"], from which it is known as "bénitier au diablotin". It is mounted on a rounded granite column and cemented to both the base and the wall against which it is located, near the entrance porch. [Flohic ref. no. 53150704]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: hexagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
REFERENCES
Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002