Melesse

Results: 2 records

LB01: coat of arms

Unknown emblem, though probably belonging to one of the noble families of Melesse
Scene Description: Unknown emblem, though probably belonging to one of the noble families of Melesse

LB02: animal - mammal - lion - rampant - 2

holding up a shield
Scene Description: holding up a shield

INFORMATION

FontID: 04010MEL
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne
Directions to Site: In the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Location in Church: Under the tower of the present church (formerly in the porch of the old church)
Date: 1527
Century and Period: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Church Notes: There has been a church on this site at least since the 12th century, but the present building is from 1890 (Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000)) .
Font Notes:
Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a 16th century octagonal holy-water stoup from the old church; the basin is octagonal with an inscription along the upper side, now illegible except for the date "1527"; the middle part includes two lions holding up a shield with coat-of-arms [emblem unknown]; the lower base is square.

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Notes: [cf. Notes on Font]
Inscription Location: upper sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [illegible except for the date] "1527"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000, v. 2, p. 1363)

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000