Eclaron No. 2

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B01: inscription

Scene Description: [cf. Font notes and Inscription area for details]

INFORMATION

FontID: 10121ECL
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Laurent
Church Patron Saints: St. Lawrence [aka Laurence]
Country Name: France
Location: Haute-Marne, Grand-Est
Font Location in Church: At the main entrance of the church
Date: 1619
Century and Period: 17th century(early),
Holy-water stoup in the shape of an upside-down bell and made of cast iron; the stoup was donated to the church in 1619 by Guillaume Hurbal and his wife Béatrice de Bonnart, according to the inscription on it [cf. Inscription area] [source: Bernard Aubépart, curé d'Eclaron 1995, reproduced in www.eclaron.net/eglise.htm]. [cf. Index entry for Eclaron No. 1 for a baptismal font of about the same period listed for this same church]

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: metal, cast iron
Number of Pieces: one?
Font Shape: bucket-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: French
Inscription Notes: "Guillaume Hurbal, écuyer, et damoiselle Béatrix de Bonnart m'ont fait faire at à l'église de Saint-Laurent d'Eclaron m'ont donné en l'anné 1619. Priez Dieu pour eux. Jésus-Maria-Amen-1619" [source of transcription: www.eclaron.net/eglise.htm]
Inscription Location: around the basin
Inscription Text: "GUILLAUME HURBAL, ESCUIER, ET DAMOISELLE BÉATRIX DE BONNAT M'ONT FAICT FAIRE ET À L'ÉGLISE DE SAINT LAURANT D'ECLAN M'ONT DONNÉ EN L'ANÉ 1619. PRIÉ DIEU POUR EUX. JÉSUS-MARIA-AMEN-1619"
Inscription Source: www.eclaron.net/eglise.htm