Hillion No. 1
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design element - motifs - moulding
INFORMATION
Font ID: 24057HIL
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 14th century, Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Jean-Baptiste à Hillion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. John the Baptist
Church Address: 10 place de l'Eglise, 22120 Hillion, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D34-D80 crossroads, across the bay from Saint-Brieuc
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
Historical Region: Côtes-du-Nord
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the late-11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Illustrated in Jean-Yves Thomas' BretagneWeb [https://www.bretagneweb.com/photos-22/22-hillion.htm] [accessed 25 June 2022]. Noted and illustrated as a baptismal font of the 14th century in this church in poudovre [http://poudouvre.over-blog.com/2015/12/inventaire-de-quelques-fonts-baptismaux.html] [accessed 25 June 2022]. The font, made of granite, consists of an octagonal basin with plain tapering sides, raised on a squat moulded octagonal base. Low-dome metal font cover with an orb-and-cross finial; modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 30U 524456 5373487
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.51402, -2.66885
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 30′ 50.47″ N, 2° 40′ 7.86″ W
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: metal, brass?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]