Guingamp / Gwengamp

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Scene Description: on-site field notes

Image Source: field notes taken on site 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of basin

Scene Description: the 19th-century font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the lay-out of the basin interior of the the 19th-century font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of basin - interior - drain

Scene Description: as in the 16th-17th cenury fonts of this design, only one of the basin wells is drained -- the 19th-century font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 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

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 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 - north porch - statue

Scene Description: Notre-Dame de Bon-Secours, known as 'La Vierge noire de Guingamp', the focus of pilgrimage and of a popular procession that takes place the first Saturday of July in Guingamp

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

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view of church interior - bell

Scene Description: as noted in the plaque by the bell, it dates from 1430

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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view of church interior - detail

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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 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - monument - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave

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view of church interior - nave

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view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - detail

Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - organ

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - sculpture

Scene Description: fragments of a Passion panel originally from the Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle that was demolished in 1910 démolie en 1910

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - sculpture

Scene Description: fragments of a Passion panel originally from the Chapelle de Notre-Dame de Bonne Nouvelle that was demolished in 1910 démolie en 1910

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - statue

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of church interior - statue

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 19th-century font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of font and cover

Scene Description: the 19th-century font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: at the west end of the south aisle -- the font is 19th-century

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Scene Description: town fountain

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Scene Description: town fountain; detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Scene Description: town fountain; detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Scene Description: town fountain; detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of location - town centre - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: basin interior of the large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: rim hole in the large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle; is the hole related to a cover? was the stoup ever used as a font?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several; probably composite; dates of the parts unknown

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several; this one is modern, wall-mounted in the nave

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 February 2013 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 18329GUI

Church/Chapel: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours [aka Eglise paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Guingamp] (RC)

Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin

Church Location: 14 Rue Marcel Paul 22200 Guingamp -- Tel.: +33 2 96 43 75 32

Country Name: France

Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end

Century and Period: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque

Church Notes: originally a Romanesque church of the 11th or 12th century -- pilgrimage site to the Black Virgin of Guingamp -- church info and photos at www.infobretagne.com/guingamp-basilique-notredame.htm

Font Notes: Click to view font notes

The present font in use in this church is 19th-century, an oval font in the 16th-17th century style popular in France. [NB: the clock tower dates from the 13th century and there was an earlier Romanesque church here, but we have no information on the font from the medieval churches].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.561144, -3.150851

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 33′ 40.12″ N, 3° 9′ 3.07″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Diameter (includes rim): 72-95 cm*

Basin Depth: 18 cm*

Basin Total Height: 30 cm*

Height of Base: 71 cm*

Font Height (less Plinth): 101 cm*

Notes on Measurements: NB: these measurements belong to the modern marble font of this church