Brehat No. 2 / Enez Vriad / Ile de Bréhat

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view of stoup in context

in the south porch, east corner
Scene Description: in the south porch, east corner

view of stoup

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 18522BRE
Object Type: Stoup
Date Visited: 2013-06-16
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame de Bonne-Nouvelle [formerly Saint-Samson]
Font Location in Church: Outside, in a corner of the S porch
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin [formerly St. Samson]
Church Notes: church building dates from the mid to late 17thC; restored in the 18thC and 19thC [source: René Couffon (1939)] -- original church here may have been 12thC
Church Address: Le Gardeno, 22870 Île-de-Bréhat, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the centre of the 'bourg', on the Ile de Bréhat, 2 km N across the Pointe de l'Arcouest [with ferry access from it], N of Paimpol
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier [formerly Diocèse de Dol]
Font Notes:
Large holy-water stoup located to the right of the door in the south porch; it consists of a plain octagonal basin with vertical sides and a chamfered underbowl, raised on an octagonal pedestal base, plain but for a pronounced moulding atop, and a splaying lower base of two volumes, octagonal as well. The basin has neither drain nor cover. It may date from the

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.846944, -2.998611
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 50' 43.38" N, 2° 59' 58.02" W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Drainage System: none
Rim Thickness: 8-10 cm
Diameter (inside rim): 45-47 cm
Diameter (includes rim): 61-67 cm
Basin Depth: 18-19 cm
Basin Total Height: 40 cm
Height of Base: 70 cm
Font Height (less Plinth): 110 cm
Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site

REFERENCES

  • Couffon, René, Répertoire des églises et chapelles du diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier, Saint-Brieuc: Les Presses Bretonnes, 1939, p. 58