Loge-aux-Chevres / La Loge-aux-Chévres / La Loge-Mesgrigny
Results: 6 records
animal - mammal - lion - head - 4
Scene Description: set at 90-degree angles in the scotia below the upper rim -- the lion head is the emblem of the Mesgrigny family [cf. FontNotes]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient, 2004
Image Source: Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
inscription
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes and Inscription area for details]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient, 2004
Image Source: Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
symbol - shield - coat of arms - Mesgrigny family
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient, 2004
Image Source: Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient, 2004
Image Source: Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
design element - motifs - moulding
Scene Description: on the stem of the base
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient, 2004
Image Source: Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org]
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 10323LOG
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1559
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th century(mid), Renaissance
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic font
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Antoine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Anthony
Church Notes: present church 1893 on the site of a 16thC wooden building
Church Address: 10140 La Loge-aux-Chèvres, France
Site Location: Aube, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D28, 7 km NW of Vendreuve-sur-Barse, about 35 km E of Troyes
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Troyes
Additional Comments: altered font (the base appears to have been altered [cf. FontNotes])
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font listed in Palissy [ref.: PM10001055]: "Fonts baptismaux [...] 1559 [...] Calcaire : taillé, gravé [...] H = 109 ; la = 90 ; pr = 60 [...] Le pied semble avoir été remanié. Bassine percée [...] Inscription en lettres gothiques, autour de la cuve. Transcription : MESSIRE JEAN DE MEIGRIGNY COSEILLER DU ROY SIEUR DE CE LIEU ET DE LA VILLENEUFVE AU CHESNE MARIE DE PLEURRE SA FEMME 1559. Ecu mi-parti de Jean de Mesgrigny et sa femme Marie de Pleurre [...] Armoiries des Mesgrigny, seigneurs du lieu, qui se retrouvent sur les cloches de La Villeneuve-aux-Chênes, autre de leur possession." Illustrated in Mémoire [ref.: AP10W02947 and OA010031020841].
The web site of the Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org] describes and illustrates the mid-16th century baptismal font at la Loge-aux-Chévres: the font was used for the first time for the baptism of the child of Jehan (VI) de Mesgrigny, a nobleman of Troyes, and Dame Marie de Pleure in 1559. The basin of the font carries four lion heads under the upper rim, and an inscription noting the event in between the lion heads; on the sides are the coats-of-arms of the Mesgrigny and the Pleurs (the lion head is the emblem of the Mesgrigny family). The lower side and underbowl of the basin are covered in a stylised ribbed pattern. The base is a cylindrical pedestal decorated with mouldings. Baptismal font of the Renaissance donated by the Mesgrigny family [https://www.pnr-foret-orient.fr/patrimoine-culturel/eglise-saint-antoine-de-la-loge-aux-chevres/] [accessed 17 August 2025]: "Les fonds [sic] baptismaux en pierre sculptée, offerts par la famille de Mesgrigny datent de la Renaissance."
The web site of the Parc Naturel Régional de la Forêt d'Orient [www.nature-aube.org] describes and illustrates the mid-16th century baptismal font at la Loge-aux-Chévres: the font was used for the first time for the baptism of the child of Jehan (VI) de Mesgrigny, a nobleman of Troyes, and Dame Marie de Pleure in 1559. The basin of the font carries four lion heads under the upper rim, and an inscription noting the event in between the lion heads; on the sides are the coats-of-arms of the Mesgrigny and the Pleurs (the lion head is the emblem of the Mesgrigny family). The lower side and underbowl of the basin are covered in a stylised ribbed pattern. The base is a cylindrical pedestal decorated with mouldings. Baptismal font of the Renaissance donated by the Mesgrigny family [https://www.pnr-foret-orient.fr/patrimoine-culturel/eglise-saint-antoine-de-la-loge-aux-chevres/] [accessed 17 August 2025]: "Les fonds [sic] baptismaux en pierre sculptée, offerts par la famille de Mesgrigny datent de la Renaissance."
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 604779 5347393
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.271073, 4.412064
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 16′ 15.86″ N, 4° 24′ 43.43″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: oval, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Font Height (less Plinth): 109 cm*
Trapezoidal Basin: 60 x 90 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: French
Inscription Location: all around under the upper rim
Inscription Text: "MESSIRE JEAN DE MEIGRIGNY COSEILLER DU ROY SIEUR DE CE LIEU ET DE LA VILLENEUFVE AU CHESNE MARIE DE PLEURRE SA FEMME 1559"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: oval, flat and plain; modern
REFERENCES
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Mémoire / POP : la plateforme ouverte du patrimoine (Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général), 2024. URL: https://www.pop.culture.gouv.fr/search/mosaic?base=%5B%22Photographies%20%28M%C3%A9moire%29%22%5D.
- France, Ministère de la culture, Inventaire Général, Palissy (France, Ministère de la culture), France, Ministère de la culture. URL: http://www.culture.fr/public/mistral/palissy.