Locronan No. 1 / Ecclesia Sancti Ronani / Loc-Ronan-Coat-Nevet / Locrenan / Locus Ronani / Lokorn / Prioratus Sancti Ronani de Nemore / Saint Renan du Bois / Saint-René-du-Bois

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coat of arms

Scene Description: too eroded now for identification but described in Palissy [ref.: PM29001217]: "Armoiries (sur la face de la grande cuve) : blason entouré d'une torsade circulaire et sommé d'une couronne de comte [...] 15e siècle"

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - moulding

Scene Description: the mouldings on the upper sides of both basins appear to be plain

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: the thread of the rope moulding on the secondary font is clearly visible here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

design element - motifs - rope moulding

Scene Description: the thread of the rope moulding on the main font is very faint here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

information

Scene Description: church visitor's guide

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the drain in the small basin is clearly visible here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of basin - interior

Scene Description: the interior of the large basin; there is no drain hole

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior - southwest view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2009 by Arvahanyucommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_Saint-Ronan_o_San_Román.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: the Chapelle du Pénity, adjacent to the south side of the parish church; it contains the tomb of Saint-Ronan -- built in 1485 by Pierre Le Goaraguer, master builder of the Cathedral of Quimper, on the site of the original 11thC chapel here

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context

Scene Description: east view of the church and churchyard

Image Source: digital photograph taken 18 July 2009 by Arvahanyucommons [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Iglesia_y_Cementerio.jpg] [accessed 9 May 2017]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0

view of church exterior in context - west view

Scene Description: the west end of the church with the adjacent Chapelle du Pénity on the right

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church exterior in context - west view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - nave - looking west

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - north aisle - looking west

Scene Description: with the font at the far [west] end

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - Ecce homo and Deposition of Christ

Scene Description: seen here side by side; the wooden statue of Christ, seen here on the left, is 16thC -- the scene of the Descent from the Cross here is a 16thC group carving in granite; in the freeze below are two scenes: Left: Christ appearance to Mary Magdalene. Right: Supper at Emmaus; Christ, Cleopas and a second disciple

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - St. Michael and dragon - detail

Scene Description: 15thC statue with the dual attributes of St. Michael: the defeated dragon and the scale in which the sould are weighed

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - St. Roch

Scene Description: with a dog bringing him bread on the left, and an angel on the right; the statue, located by one of the western pillars of the arcade between the nave and south aisle, is signed with the artist's name, Guillimin, and the date 1509 in Gothic lettering -- it appears to be standing on a wall-mounted stoup

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of church interior - statue - St. Sebastian

Scene Description: the statue appears to stand on a wall-mounted stoup

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of font and cover in context

Scene Description: the font is in the westernmost chapel, north aisle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: ancient granite holy-water stoup located by the north doorway, to the right of the statue of St. Christopher; located in the north aisle, near the baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup

Scene Description: one of several stone holy-water stoups in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: ancient granite holy-water stoup located by the north doorway, to the right of the statue of St. Christopher; located in the north aisle, near the baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup - upper view

Scene Description: ancient granite holy-water stoup located by the north doorway, to the right of the statue of St. Christopher; located in the north aisle, near the baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: ancient granite holy-water stoup located by the north doorway, to the right of the statue of St. Christopher; located in the north aisle, near the baptistery

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: one of several stone holy-water stoups in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

view of stoup in context

Scene Description: one of several stone holy-water stoups in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 28 April 2017 by BSI

INFORMATION

FontID: 21213LOC

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Ronan

Church Patron Saints: St. Ronan [aka Ronanus] [6thC? Irish pilgrim, founder of Locronan]

Church Location: Grand'Place, 29180 Locronan, France -- Tel.: +33 2 98 91 70 14

Country Name: France

Location: Finistère, Bretagne

Directions to Site: Located 5 km from the Douarnenez bay, 15 km W of Quimper

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Quimper et Léon

Historical Region: Porzay, Pays Glazik

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the baptismal chapel, W end, N side

Century and Period: 15th century, Late Gothic

Workshop/Group/Artisan: double font / heraldic font

Church Notes: church built 1430-1480 to replace a chapel of the 1031 priory dependent of the abbaye Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé -- listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00090077]: "L'église actuelle a été édifiée entre 1430 et 1480 grâce aux dons des ducs de Bretagne Jean V, Pierre II et François II, à l'emplacement de la chapelle du prieuré dépendant de l'abbaye Sainte-Croix de Quimperlé, fondé en 1031 par le comte de Cornouaille Alain Caignard. La présence du maître tailleur de pierre Pierre Le Goaraguer en 1485 est attestée".

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Baptismal font made of granite in the 15th century listed in Palissy [ref.: PM29001217]: "Cuves geminées, une grande et une petite. Toutes les deux en forme de tronc de pyramide renversé. La grande cuve repose sur un support de granit ayant la forme d'une cloche [...] Armoiries (sur la face de la grande cuve) : blason entouré d'une torsade circulaire et sommé d'une couronne de comte [...] 15e siècle". There are a number of stone holy-water stoups in the church, some of which may be medieval [NB: we have no information on the font of the original 11thC church here]. [NB: see BSI IMAGES archive for Locronan for a pdf of the brief church guide].

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.098198, -4.20811

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 5′ 53.51″ N, 4° 12′ 29.2″ W

UTM: 30U 410052 5327920

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite

Font Shape: polygonal (mounted) [basin 1] heptagonal (mounted) [basin 2] (double-font)

Basin Interior Shape: basin 1: round; basin 2: heptagonal

Basin Exterior Shape: double basins 1) polygonal - 2) heptagonal

Drainage Notes: no lining

Notes on Measurements: no dimensions given in Palissy [ref.: PM29001217]; none taken by BSI

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood,

Apparatus: no

Notes: low-pyramidal cover on the large basin