Montmedy / Mittelberg / Montmédy

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design element - patterns - fluted

on the pedestal of the base
Scene Description: on the pedestal of the base

INFORMATION

Font ID: 03908MON
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1610
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(early)
Cognate Fonts: Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 2, p. 700) reports this stoup as comparable to those at the church of St-Hilaire in Marville [NB: we have only one stoup listed for Marville and it is a cast-iron bucket-shaped stoup]
Church / Chapel Name: Chapelle de la Nativité
Church Patron Saint(s): The Nativity
Church Address: Rue des Cannes, 55600 Montmédy, France
Site Location: Meuse, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Loacated off (W) the D643, about 1 km S of Montmédy town centre, W of the Belgian border
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: originally located at the cemetery, where it served the same function, it was later moved into the Chapelle de la Nativité
Font Notes:
Listed in Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 2, p. 700) as a square mounted stoup dated 1610 by an inscription on its side. It has a square basin, a pedestal base with fluted pattern ornamentation and a square lower base. This source refers to it as being similar to "ceux du site de Saint-Hilaire de Marville" and as having the date "1610" as well as an inscription on the basin sides (the text of the inscription text is not available). It was originally located in the cemetery.

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 672178 5486441
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 49.506133, 5.378298
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 49° 30′ 22.08″ N, 5° 22′ 41.87″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, unknown
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: 1) numbers - 2) unknown
Inscription Location: basin sides (both)
Inscription Text: 1)"1610" 2)[not available]
Inscription Notes: Only the date is given; the text of the inscription is not given, nor is it legible from the source illustration
Inscription Source: Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse (1999, v. 2, p. 700)

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes de la Meuse, Paris: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 2, p. 700