Melleray

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B01: inscription

Scene Description: dates the font to an 1687 gift

INFORMATION

FontID: 06119MEL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Country Name: France
Location: Sarthe, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: Located in the canton de Montmirail, arrondissement de Mamers
Font Location in Church: At the entrance to the nave, on the left side
Date: 1687
Century and Period: 17th century(late),
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]

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 Notes: a gift, 1687
Inscription Location: on the basin side
Inscription Text: "DON / 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

REFERENCES

Le Patrimoine des communes de la Sarthe, Paris: FLOHIC, 2001