Chemaze No. 2 / Chemazé / Molieres / Molières St.-Léonard
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B01: inscription - date - name of donor - Mathurin le Potier
Scene Description: [cf. Inscription area] - the inscription includes a cross symbol
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Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214)
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B02: symbol - cross
Scene Description: between the second and third set of initials of the inscription
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Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214)
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LB01: design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: several on the two bodies of the double base
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Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Flohic, 2002
Image Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 08657CHE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Saint-Léonard
Church Patron Saints: St. Leonard
Country Name: France
Location: Mayenne, Pays de la Loire
Directions to Site: A hamlet in the commune de Chemazé, canton and arrondissement de Château-Gontier
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1467
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Late Medieval
Font Notes:
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Described and illustrated in Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214): baptismal font of the double-basin type dated by an inscription to 1467; the outer shape is mainly rectangular, which corresponds to the primary basin, with a cylindrical constructional attachment that constitutes the small secondary basin. The side of the main basin bears an inscription dating the font to 1467 and naming one "Mathurin le Potier", probably the donor [cf. Index entry for Chemazé No. 1 for a baptismal font donated by "Mathurin Levesque" and dated to 1456]. The top volume of the font, that which corresponds to the two basins appears to be one block; the mase, which, though somewhat indented, corresponds to the same outline as the top, is made of several blocks. The material appears to be marble or a very polished grey-whitish limestone. [Flohic ref. no. 53060409]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, marble? limestone?
Number of Pieces: several [7+]
Font Shape: rectangular (double font)
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular (basin1) - round (basin2)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: on the side of the main basin
Inscription Text: "IHS. IHS. + IHS. MARIA: LAN IIIccc LXVII MATHURIN LE POTIER"
Inscription Source: Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2002, v. 1: 214)
REFERENCES
Le patrimoine des communes de la Mayenne (2 vols.), Paris: FLOHIC, 2002