Guingamp / Gwengamp
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19th-century font
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view of font and cover
Scene Description: the 19th-century font
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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
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the lay-out of the basin interior of the the 19th-century font
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Scene Description: the 19th-century font
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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
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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 - detail
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view of church exterior - detail
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view of church exterior in context
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view of location - town centre - detail
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Scene Description: town fountain; detail
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view of location - town centre - detail
Scene Description: town fountain; detail
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view of location - town centre - detail
Scene Description: town fountain; 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 - statue
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view of church interior - organ
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view of church interior - statue
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of church interior - detail
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view of church interior - monument - detail
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: at the west end of the south aisle -- the font is 19th-century
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - nave - detail
Scene Description: one of several human heads on the pillars of the nave
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view of church interior - bell
Scene Description: as noted in the plaque by the bell, it dates from 1430
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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
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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
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view of church interior - nave
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view of location - town centre - detail
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Scene Description: town fountain
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view of stoup
Scene Description: one of several; this one is modern, wall-mounted in the nave
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Scene Description: one of several; probably composite; dates of the parts unknown
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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?
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view of stoup
Scene Description: basin interior of the large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle
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view of stoup
Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle
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view of stoup
Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle
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view of stoup
Scene Description: large rectangular holy-water stoup in the north aisle
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information
Scene Description: on-site field notes
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 18329GUI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2013-02-17
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Basilique Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours [aka Église paroissiale de Notre-Dame de Guingamp] (RC)
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, S aisle, W end
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
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
Church Address: 14 Rue Marcel Paul 22200 Guingamp -- Tel.: +33 2 96 43 75 32
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D8, qabout 25 km SSW of Paimpol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
Additional Comments: disappeared font(s)? (the one(s) from the medieval church here)
Font Notes:
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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
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.561144, -3.150851
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