Angers No. 3

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03849ANG
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 13th century, Medieval
Museum: musée ecclésiologique?
Church / Chapel Name: not in a church
Site Location: Maine-et-Loire, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe
Directions to Site: It is not clear to which of the museums of Angers Enlart refers [to be resolved]
Additional Comments: restricted use stoup: clerics and soldiers/nobles only
Font Notes:
Despite the vague reference to the location of this holy-water stoup given in Enlart (1902, p. 786) it is worth listing it here for the statement it makes in an inscription [cf. Inscription] in which "indique clairement que seuls les clercs et les nobles avait le privilège d'y tremper leur doigts, tandis que les personnes sans qualité avaient d'autres bénitiers". [cf. other "restricted" stoups listed in this Index for "cagots" (Luz in Hautes-Pyr.) or "lépreux" (St-Savin in Hautes-Pyr. and Milhac de Nontron in Dordogne)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: unknown

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin
Inscription Location: unknown
Inscription Text: "CLERICUS ET MILES; PERGANT AT CETERA VILES". "NUM LOCUS HIC PRIMUS; DECET ILLOS VILIS ET IMUS."
Inscription Notes: It is unknown whether the text is exactly that of the inscription or if it includes the text of two such inscriptions [cf. Notes on Font for Enlart's French paraphrase].
Inscription Source: Enlart (1902, p. 786)

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 786