Brelevenez No. 2 / Brélévenez

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 03741BRE
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: grain measure
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale de la Trinité de Brélévenez
Font Location in Church: Wall-mounted inside the church)
Church Patron Saint(s): The Holy Trinity
Church Notes: The church is originally Romanesque but it was rebuilt in the following three centuries.
Church Address: Place Ernest Laurent, Brélévenez, 22300 Lannion, France
Site Location: Côtes-d'Armor, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the D788; it is now part of Lannion, 35 km NE of Morlaix. Plestin-les-Grèves is 20-25 km SW of Lannion
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Saint-Brieuc et Tréguier
Historical Region: formerly Côtes-du-Nord
Additional Comments: re-cycled stoup (originally a grain measure)
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) as an ancient grain measure later adapted as holy-water stoup in the church. Described in the Dictionnaire des églises... (1966- ) simply as a 13th century stoup. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM22000437]: "bénitier [...] granite [...] 13e siècle [...] Auge à blé servant de bénitier [...] C'était probablement de la mesure de blé que la commune payait en redevance à l'église [...] inscription : HC MESURA BLADI NQ PITU (FACE EXTERIEURE)." The entry for this church in InfoBretagne [www.infobretagne.com/brelevenez-eglise.htm] [accessed 22 September 2020] notes: "Un Bénitier "praebendarium", ancienne mesure de blé qui correspond au boisseau de froment, mesure de Lannion, qui servait au paiement des rentes et devait se trouver soit hors de l'église soit au château du Cruguil. L'inscription qu'il porte prècise bien cette destination : "H (A) E (C) ME (N) SURA BLADI N (UN) QUAM PERI (TURA)" (Cette mesure de blé ne devra jamais être détruite)."

COORDINATES

UTM: 30U 466289 5398214
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.73603, -3.45848
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 44′ 9.71″ N, 3° 27′ 30.53″ W

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: rectangular, wall mounted
Basin Interior Shape: rectangular
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Depth: 10 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 110 x 70 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM22000437] "Dimensions approximatives"

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: around the sides of the basin
Inscription Text: 1) "H(a)E(c) ME(n)SVRA BLADI N(vn)QVAM PERI(tv]RA)" 2) "HC MESURA BLADI NQ PITU"
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REFERENCES

  • Dictionnaire des églises de France, Belgique, Luxembourg, Suisse, Paris: R. Laffont, 1966-, IV A 61-62
  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 784 footnote 3