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view of church exterior - southwest view

Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Buire-au-Bois"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église Notre-Dame de Buire-au-Bois"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Thadée Szalamacha, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 22 March 2009 by Thadée Szalamacha [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Buire-au-Bois_église.jpg] [accessed 17 April 2023]
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symbol - shield - coat of arms - De mailly Family

"D'or à trois maillets de sinople; au chef du même chargé d'un gland feuillé de deux pièces d'or" [source: https://armorialdefrance.fr/] -- according to one of the heraldic sources the family name has many variants: Mailly, Maillie, Mailley, Maillies, Maily, Mailie, Mailey, Mailies, Maillet, Mayie, de Mailly, de Maillie, de Mailley, de Maily, de Mailie, de Mayie, la Mailly, la Maillie, la Mailley, la Maily, de Mayie, etc.
Scene Description: "D'or à trois maillets de sinople; au chef du même chargé d'un gland feuillé de deux pièces d'or" [source: https://armorialdefrance.fr/] -- according to one of the heraldic sources the family name has many variants: Mailly, Maillie, Mailley, Maillies, Maily, Mailie, Mailey, Mailies, Maillet, Mayie, de Mailly, de Maillie, de Mailley, de Maily, de Mailie, de Mayie, la Mailly, la Maillie, la Mailley, la Maily, de Mayie, etc.

view of stoup

Font image

INFORMATION

Font ID: 24688BUI
Object Type: Stoup
Font Century and Period/Style: 16th - 17th century
Workshop/Group/Artisan: heraldic stoup
Church / Chapel Name: Église Notre-Dame de Buire-au-Bois
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: 17thC church
Church Address: D102 / rue de l'Eglise, 62390 Buire-au-Bois, France -- Tel.: +33 3 21 04 29 14
Site Location: Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D102, 4 km NE of Auxi-le-Château, 50+ km N of Amiens
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse d'Amiens
Historical Region: Artois-Picardie
Font Notes:
The entry for this church in Open Churches [https://openchurches.eu/en/churches/notre-dame-buire-au-bois-ndf] [accessed 17 April 2023; notes: "This stoup, sculpted in sandstone and placed on a wooden base, dates from the 16th or 17th century. On one of its sides are the arms of the de Mailly family (three mallets), which can be seen today on the town's coat of arms. The Mailly family has been associated with the town of Buire-au-Bois since the 13th century." [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of this church].
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Pol Herman for bringing this stoup to our attention and for his help in documenting it

COORDINATES

UTM: 31U 439547 5568205
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.26289, 2.15183
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 15′ 46.4″ N, 2° 9′ 6.59″ E