Sainte-Mesme / St-Mesme

INFORMATION

FontID: 04731MES

Object Type: Stoup

Church/Chapel: Eglise Sainte-Mesme

Church Patron Saints: St. Mesme

Country Name: France

Location: Yvelines, Île-de-France

Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Saint-Arnoult-en-Yvelines, arrondissement de Rambouillet

Century and Period: 12th - 13th century, Medieval

Font Notes: Click to view

During prospections carried out in the presbitery gardin 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)]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Number of Pieces: one

Font Shape: other

Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed

Basin Exterior Shape: other

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes des Yvelines [2 vols.], Paris: FLOHIC, 2000