Melesse
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 04010MEL
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: 1527
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(early), Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Pierre
Font Location in Church: Under the tower of the present church (formerly in the porch of the old church)
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter
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)) .
Site Location: Ille-et-Vilaine / Il-ha-Gwilen, Bretagne, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the Canton de Saint-Aubin-d'Aubigné, arrondissement de Rennes
Font Notes:
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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 Location: upper sides of the basin
Inscription Text: [illegible except for the date] "1527"
Inscription Notes: [cf. Notes on Font]
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, vol. 2, p. 1363