Mussy-sur-Seine No. 3 / Mussy sur Seine
INFORMATION
Font ID: 25885MUS
Object Type: Stoup
Font Date: n.d.
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century, Late Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Saint-Pierre-ès-Liens de Mussy-sur-Seine
Font Location in Church: Inside
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter-ad-vincula
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00078166]: "13e siècle ; 14e siècle"
Church Address: 4 Rue des Ursulines, 10250 Mussy-sur-Seine, France -- Tel.: +33 3 25 38 20 34
Site Location: Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D178, W of the D671, N-71, about 50 km SE of Troyes
Font Notes:
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Holy-water stoup, one of two in the church. Listed in Palissy [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/palissy/IM10007559] [accessed 2 August 2025]: "Bénitier ; chapiteau [...] Taille de pierre Calcaire [...] D'encoignure [...] En forme de colonnette et chapiteau [...] H = 68 [...] 15e siècle (?)". Illustrated in Mémoire [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/OA010_031014965] [accessed 2 August 2025]
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 611650 5315038
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.9789, 4.49614
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 58′ 44.04″ N, 4° 29′ 46.1″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Font Shape: square, mounted
Basin Exterior Shape: square
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.