Sainte-Mesme / St-Mesme

INFORMATION

Font ID: 04731MES
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century, Medieval
Church / Chapel Name: Église Sainte-Mesne de Sainte-Mesme
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mesme
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087640]: "15e siècle"
Church Address: Unnamed Road, 78730, Sainte-Mesme, France
Site Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D116, 5 km W of Dourdan, in the canton de Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, arrondissement de Rambouillet
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese de Versailles
Font Notes:
During prospections carried out in the presbitery garden in 1984 a stone vessel was found; it was taken for the holy-water stoups belonging to the seigneurs of Sainte-Mesme, but it was later decided, on account of the drainage hole at the bottom of the basin, that it must have been an altar-side "lavabo". It looks like it was originally wall-mounted and the inside of the basin has eight irregular lobes. [all information regarding this object is from an entry in Le patrimoine des communes des Yvelines (2000, v. 2, p. 807)]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 423288 5375868
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.531225, 1.960908
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 31′ 52.41″ N, 1° 57′ 39.27″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one
Font Shape: other
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed
Basin Exterior Shape: other
Drainage System: centre hole in basin

REFERENCES

  • Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000, vol. 2, p. 807