Montmedy / Mittelberg / Montmédy

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design element - patterns - fluted

Scene Description: on the pedestal of the base

INFORMATION

FontID: 03908MON
Church/Chapel: Chapelle de la Nativité
Church Patron Saints: The Nativity
Church Location: Rue des Cannes, 55600 Montmédy, France
Country Name: France
Location: Meuse, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Loacated off (W) the D643, about 1 km S of Montmédy town centre, W of the Belgian border
Date: 1610
Century and Period: 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]
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

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

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 Notes: Only the date is given; the text of the inscription is not given, nor is it legible from the source illustration
Inscription Location: basin sides (both)
Inscription Text: 1)"1610" 2)[not available]
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