Saint-Thegonnec No. 2 / Tégonec / Tegoneg / Saint Thégonnec / Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner
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view of font and stoup in context
view of font or stoup in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Katholische Pfarrkirche Notre-Dame in Saint-Thégonnec im Département Finistère (Region Bretagne/Frankreich), Weihwasserbecken"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joost Limburg, 2019
Image Source: digital photograph taken 19 September 2019 by Joost Limburg
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
INFORMATION
Font ID: 22378THE
Object Type: Stoup?
Font Date: ca. 1600?
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Paroissiale Notre-Dame et Saint-Thégonnec
Font Location in Church: Inside the church behind the later font
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin & St. Thégonnec
Church Address: place de l'Église, 29410 Saint-Thégonnec Loc-Eguiner, France
Site Location: Finistère, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D712, S of the E50, 10-12 km SW of Morlaix
Font Notes:
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The entry for this church in InfoBretagne [www.infobretagne.com/saint-thegonnec.htm] [accessed 5 October 2019] notes: "Les fonts baptismaux qui se trouvaient auparavant sous la dernière arcade du côté nord furent transportés avec leur clôture en 1670 dans la chapelle du côté sud, où ils sont encore actuellement. En 1721, les comptables payèrent à Jean Fily, tailleur de pierre, demeurant au bourg, la somme de 33 livres pour avoir fait le grand « bénitier et bassin de pierre de grains pour tenir l'eau bénite pour toutes les saisons de l'année ». Il se trouve aujourd'hui derrière les fonts baptismaux." The stoup mentioned above and one other, wall-mounted and dated 1599, are the only ones we were able to locate. The object now used as stoup, a large granite hemispheric basin with a running inscription on its side may have actually been a baptismal font, later replaced by te in the large canopy now.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are garteful to Joost Limburg for his photograph of this object.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 430109 5374576
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.5204, -3.9465
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 31′ 13.44″ N, 3° 56′ 47.4″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: hemispheric, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Location: around the upper part of the basin side
Inscription Text: "F: POULIP[reversed P]UEN [?]"