Saint-Brieuc / St-Brieuc

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B01: design element - architectural - arcade - Gothic arches - pointed arches

Scene Description: all around

Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2003 by Montserrat Estela and friends for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email 16/9/2003)

B02: design element - architectural - window - trefoiled

Scene Description: probably eight, inside the pointed arches of the basin sides

Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2003 by Montserrat Estela and friends for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email 16/9/2003)

R01: design element - motifs - moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2003 by Montserrat Estela and friends for BSI

Copyright Instructions: Image and Permission received (email 16/9/2003)

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

design element - architectural - arch-head - trefoiled - inscribed - pointed arch - 8

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

design element - motifs - roll moulding

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of basin

Image Source: drawing in Ruprich-Robert (1855)

Copyright Instructions: PD

view of basin - interior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of basin - interior - detail

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view of basin - interior - detail

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view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - detail

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view of church exterior - south view - detail

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view of church exterior - west view

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view of church interior - altar - detail

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view of church interior - altar - detail

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view of church interior - altar - detail

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view of church interior - altar - detail

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view of church interior - baptistery

Scene Description: chapel off the south aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - baptistery - detail

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view of church interior - capital

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view of church interior - capital

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view of church interior - chapel - altar - detail

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view of church interior - chapel - altar - detail

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view of church interior - chapel - altar - detail

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view of church interior - furnishings, etc.

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view of church interior - monument

Scene Description: one of the bishops of Saint-Brieuc

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view of church interior - monument

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view of church interior - monument

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view of church interior - monument

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view of church interior - monument - detail

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view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

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view of church interior - monument - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking east

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view of church interior - nave - looking west

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view of church interior - nave - looking west - detail

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view of church interior - nave - looking west - detail

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view of church interior - painting

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view of church interior - pulpit

Scene Description: in the context of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - pulpit - detail

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view of church interior - pulpit - detail

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view of church interior - pulpit - detail

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view of church interior - statue

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view of church interior - statue

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view of church interior - statue

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - statue

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view of church interior - statue

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view of church interior - statue

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view of church interior - tombstone

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view of church interior - tombstone

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - tombstone

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view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken September 2003 by Montserrat Estela and friends for BSI

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view of font and cover

Scene Description: the base is modern [cf. FontNotes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover

Scene Description: raised

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - counterweight

Scene Description: the cover and the counterweight system at the back

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - counterweight - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - counterweight - detail

Scene Description: the anchoring of the counterweight sys tem at the back of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - counterweight - detail

Scene Description: the anchoring of the counterweight sys tem at the back of the basin

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font cover - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of font in context

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view of stoup

Scene Description: date unknown -- located inside the church, at the west end of the nave, south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: date unknown -- located inside the church, at the west end of the nave, north side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 February 2013 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 08744BRI

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Cathédrale Saint-Etienne de Saint-Brieuc (RC)

Church Patron Saints: St. Stephen

Church Location: Place du Général-de-Gaulle, Saint-Brieuc

Country Name: France

Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Located at the Baie Saint-Brieuc, WNW of Rennes

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier

Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptistery chapel, off the S aisle

Century and Period: 15th - 16th century[basin only] [composite font], Late Medieval [composite]

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Alain de Léon?

Font Notes: Click to view

Noted and illustrated in Ruprich-Robert (1855), who notes that the base of this 15th-century font had been destroyed, and argues that the back [where the counterweight of the cover is now anchored] suggests it was originally intended to stand against a wall. Octagonal baptismal font, probably of the 15th century, the time of a major renovation of this church; the basin has vertical sides and the panels that ornament them are uneven, two of them -at least- narrower than the others, but all have pointed arches with trefoiled atch-heads inside. The underbowl is chamfered and plain, as are the stem of the base and the lower base. all of them octagonal, but only the basin is original. The font is covered with a modern wooden cover in the shape of a low pyramid; the raising mechanism for the cover is a metal counterweight frame pivoted at the back of the font. The cover may date ca. 1958, when the font was restored, but the old basin has earlier metal staples from an earlier cover in the upper rim. According to Topic-Topos [http://fr.topic-topos.com/cuve-baptismale-saint-brieuc] [accessed 4 March 2013], it was used as a holy-water stoup in the 19th century, and returned as a baptismal font in 1958.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.514167, -2.764167

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 30′ 51″ N, 2° 45′ 51″ W

UTM: 30U 517417 5373477

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Rim Thickness: 12-15 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 86-92 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 110-122 cm

Basin Depth: 35 cm

Height of Basin Side: 50 cm

Basin Total Height: 42 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 92 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern [ca. 1958?]

Material: wood and metal

Apparatus: yes

Notes: [cf. Font notes]

REFERENCES

Ruprich-Robert, V., "Bénitiers et fonts baptismaux du Moyen-âge et de la Renaissance", II (1855), Revue générale de l'architecture et des travaux publics, pp. 289-290, Pl. XXVI; p. 289-290, Pl. XXVI