Melleray

INFORMATION

Font ID: 06119MEL

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Font Date: 1687

Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late)

Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Pierre

Font Location in Church: At the entrance to the nave, on the left side

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter

Church Address: Pl. de l'Église, 72320 Melleray, France

Site Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Located off the D36-D302 crossroads, just SE of Montmirail, about 45 km E of Le Mans

Ecclesiastic Region: Diocese du Mans

Font Notes: Click to view

Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1247) as a round (or oval) baptismal font in black marble dated from 1687 by an inscription on the basin side (the inscription says "DON [=gift] / 1687" but does not mention mention the actual donor(s). The source (ibid.) refers to two other such objects donated to churches of the area about the same time by a local salt-tax collector [NB: Honorat Gomer, the salt-tax collector, donated a baptismal font to the church of Cherré and a holy-water stoup to the church of Lamnay - cf. Index entries]

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 336157 5329655

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.099082, 0.799312

Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 5′ 56.69″ N, 0° 47′ 57.52″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (black)

Number of Pieces: two?

Font Shape: oval, mounted?

Basin Exterior Shape: oval?

Diameter (includes rim): 55 x 42 cm

Notes on Measurements: Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1247)

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French

Inscription Location: on the basin side

Inscription Text: "DON / 1687"

Inscription Notes: a gift, 1687

Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe (2001, v. 2: 1247)

LID INFORMATION

Date: modern

Material: wood

Apparatus: no

Notes: flat wooden lid

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