Locmalo No. 2 / Locmalou / Locmoelou / Lokmac'hloù / St-Malou

Results: 16 records

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animal - fabulous animal or monster - head

Scene Description: on the southeast angle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

design element - motifs - cartouche

Scene Description: on the east side; has triangles at the ends, handle-like

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

design element - motifs - floral or foliage

Scene Description: on the south and east sides of the stem; the lower leaf ends, which are shared between the sides, may be snake heads

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

design element - patterns - geometric

Scene Description: on the south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

design element - patterns - geometric

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

head?

Scene Description: the carving is damaged; two human heads?

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of base - northeast side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of base - southwest side

Scene Description: the west is completely blank

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of basin - upper view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - east side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - south side

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

view of stoup - southeast view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 June 2013 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 18524LOC

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Malo

Church Patron Saints: St. Malo (Machutus, Maclou)

Church Location: 56160 Locmalo, France

Country Name: France

Location: Morbihan, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Located 2 km NE of Guémené sur Scorff, 19 km from Pontivy, 66 km from Vannes

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Vannes

Font Location in Church: Inside the church on the stairs leading into the nave from the W entrance; N side

Century and Period: 17th - 18th century, Renaissance

Font Notes: Click to view

Holy-water stoup made of granite; it consists of a basin that is octagonal inside and out with plain vertical sides, a chamfered underbowl a a single moulding below; it is raised on an elaborate square pedestal base with three sides carved (S, E, N) and one uncarved (W); the S and E have a foliated motif on the upper half with a rosette in the centre; the lower ends appear to end in snake heads; on the S side the lower half has a geometric pattern of linked elements; the E side has a vertical cartouche with triangular handles on the narrow sides; the W side has two bulges that may have been human heads, now damaged; the lower part has another geometric pattern; the top and bottom of the pedestal have graded mouldings on the three carved sides. It is quite possible that the two parts were never intended together; the octagonal basin does not match the square base. The basin has a large hole, now plugged, on the east side, which may suggest it was used at some point as a trough. It is unlined and has no drain except for the side hole mentioned above.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Number of Pieces: two

Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: octagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

Drainage Notes: [cf. FontNotes]

Rim Thickness: 8-8.5 cm

Diameter (inside rim): 48-52 cm

Diameter (includes rim): 64-69 cm

Basin Total Height: 33 cm

Height of Base: 60 cm

Font Height (less Plinth): 93 cm

Notes on Measurements: BSI on-site