Mouaze / Mouazé No. 2
INFORMATION
Font ID: 04012MOU
Object Type: Stoup
Object Details: grain measure
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Melaine
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Melaine [Melanius, Mellion]
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
Additional Comments: recycled stoup: formerly the basin was a grain measure and the 17th century base, a part of the Calvary of the cross at Vignes
Font Notes:
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Listed and described in Le patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine (2000) as a composite holy-water stoup: the square basin is a former grain measure with ornamentation on the sides; the 17th century base is from a Calvary nearby.
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, granite
Number of Pieces: two
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: square
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes d'Ille-et-Vilaine, Charenton: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 1375