Locmelar / Locmélar / Lokmelar
Image copyright © Manfred Escherig, 2006
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alain Devisme, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Alain Devisme
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design element - motifs - fret
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alain Devisme, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Alain Devisme
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design element - patterns - scroll
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alain Devisme, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Alain Devisme
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inscription
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Alain Devisme, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 12 September 2009 by Alain Devisme
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view of church exterior - south porch - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Südportal der Kirche St. Mélar des Umfriedeten Pfarrbezirks, Locmélar, Département Finistère, Region Bretagne, Frankreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2021
Image Source: B&W version of a digital photograph 6 July 2021 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar_Enclos_Paroissial_Église_Extérieure_Porche_Sud_4.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - south porch - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Südportal der Kirche St. Mélar des Umfriedeten Pfarrbezirks, Locmélar, Département Finistère, Region Bretagne, Frankreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2021
Image Source: B&W version of a digital photograph 6 July 2021 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar_Enclos_Paroissial_Église_Extérieure_Porche_Sud_5.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - south porch - detail
Scene Description: Source caption: "Locmélar Apostel porche"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfred Escherig, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2006 by Manfred Escherig [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:LocmélarApostel_porche.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of church exterior - south porch in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Locmélar (Bretagne, Finistère) Église Saint-Mélar, porche sud et calvaire"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfred Escherig, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2006 by Manfred Escherig [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar_porchesud.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Locmélar (Bretagne, Finistère) Église Saint-Mélar, cimetière et calvaire."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Manfred Escherig, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph 17 April 2006 by Manfred Escherig [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of church interior - looking east
Scene Description: Source caption: "Intérieur de l'église Saint-Mélar de Locmélar"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © GO69, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph 10 September 2011 by GO69 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar_(29)_Église_14.JPG] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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view of font and canopy, baldachin in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Taufbecken der Kirche St. Mélar des Umfriedeten Pfarrbezirks, Locmélar, Département Finistère, Region Bretagne, Frankreich"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2021
Image Source: digital photograph 6 July 2021 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Locmélar_Enclos_Paroissial_Église_Intérieure_Bas-Coté_Font_baptismal_1.jpg] [accessed 30 September 2023]
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INFORMATION
FontID: 17134LOC
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroisiale Saint-Mélar
Church Patron Saints: St. Mylor [aka Mellor, Melar, Melor]
Church Location: 12 Pl. Saint-Melar, 29400 Locmélar, France
Country Name: France
Location: Finistère, Bretagne
Directions to Site: Located off the D30a, E of the D30, 5 km S of Landivisau, about 6 km N of Sizun
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper-Léon
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, at the W end
Date: 1612
Century and Period: 17th century(early), Renaissance
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for his help in documenting this font
Church Notes: -- church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090071]: "Edifice du début du 17e siècle, comprenant une nef flanquée de bas-côtés, et une abside polygonale dont chaque face est couronnée d'un grand pignon. Le transept est éclairé par deux grandes baies à meneaux. Sur la façade occidentale s'élève le clocher à galerie, terminé par une flèche en pierre élancée. L'édifice s'élève au centre d'un enclos regroupant la sacristie, l'ossuaire et le calvaire."
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in APEVE (Association pour la Promotion des Enclos Paroissiaux de la Vallée de l’Élorn) [https://www.apeve.bzh/spip.php?article226] [accessed 9 June 2024] as a baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin dated 1612 by an inscription, raised on a round moulded pedestal base; the tall baldaquin that houses the font rests on six columns and includes a sculptural group with the six Virtues, and St. Michael slaying the dragon above them ["Les fonts baptismaux. La cuve en kersantite porte l’inscription ANNO DOMINI 1612 S.MELAR. La date correspond au moment où Locmélar fut érigé en trève de Sizun. Le baldaquin hexagonal doré et polychrome est soutenu par six colonnes en faux marbre à chapiteaux corinthiens. Le ciel représente le baptême de Jésus par saint Jean Baptiste dans le Jourdain, traité en bas-relief polychrome. Saint Michel terrassant le dragon domine le dôme entouré par les statues de six Vertus."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.453008, -4.065896
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 27′ 10.83″ N, 4° 3′ 57.23″ W
UTM: 30U 421188 5367201
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: may not be the whole text of the inscription
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "ANNO DOMINI 1612"
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: flat and round, with an opening (?) small trap-door