Maisoncelles-en-Gatinais / Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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INFORMATION
FontID: 20605MAI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Church Location: 8 Grande Rue, 77570 Maisoncelles-en-Gâtinais, France
Country Name: France
Location: Seine-et-Marne, Île-de-France
Directions to Site: Located off the D118, 3 km SW of Bouligny, SW of Nemours in the arr. of Fontainebleau, S of Paris
Historical Region: Gâtinais-val de Loing
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1645
Century and Period: 17th century(mid), Renaissance
Church Notes: 13thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00087078]
Font Notes:
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Noted in Michel (1897): "Sur la pilette rectangulaire qui porte la vasque ovale et godronnée des fonts baptismaux on lit: + IHS+ / EX . DONO / ANDREÆ . DE / NICOT . SCVT / IFERI . DOMI / NI.DE. PAVILLI / ON. ET. ORMOY / 1645. Pierre.- Haut., 0m 42; larg.- 0m 24" [NB: these measurements appear to refere to the inscribed pillar]. An odd baptismal font consisting of a roughly hemispherical basin of pitted stone of a square pedestal base that has a dedication inscription and the date 1645 on separate pieces; square lower base and wide round plinth. Wooden cover is round, flat and plain, hinged in the middle; appears modern.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 472270 5337297
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (mounted)
Height of Base: 42 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * [cf. FontNotes]
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: Latin and numbers
Inscription Notes: [French translation: "Jésus donné par André de Nicot escuyer Seigneur de Pavillon et Ormoy 1645"]
Inscription Location: on the stem
Inscription Text: "+IHS+ / EX DONO / ANDREÆ DE / NICOT SCVT / IFERI DOMI / NI DE PAVILLI / ON ET ORMOY / 1645"
Inscription Source: Latin transcription in Michel (1879: 282) ; digital image and French translation in Topic-Topos
REFERENCES
Michel, Edmond, Monuments religeux, civils et militaires du Gâtinais [...] depuis le XIe jusqu'au XVII siècle, Paris: Libraririe A. Drouin, 1889