diff --git a/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt b/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
index ec1f1ec25..a33ad3089 100644
--- a/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/docs/web/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -167,6 +167,7 @@ pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0.2 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.0.3 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.1   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.1.1 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
+pandoc_html(release-notes-4.1.2 "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.2   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(release-notes-4.2.1   "--toc" "--toc-depth=2" "--number-sections")
 pandoc_html(theory  "--toc" "--toc-depth=2")
diff --git a/docs/web/mfront-template.html b/docs/web/mfront-template.html
index fcae12ed7..2f46cc7e3 100644
--- a/docs/web/mfront-template.html
+++ b/docs/web/mfront-template.html
@@ -163,6 +163,7 @@
 		  <ul>
 		    <li><a href="release-notes-4.1.html">Version 4.1.0</a></li>
 		    <li><a href="release-notes-4.1.1.html">Version 4.1.1</a></li>
+		    <li><a href="release-notes-4.1.2.html">Version 4.1.2</a></li>
 		  </ul>
 		</li>
 	      </ul>
diff --git a/docs/web/release-notes-4.1.2.md b/docs/web/release-notes-4.1.2.md
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a28310e60
--- /dev/null
+++ b/docs/web/release-notes-4.1.2.md
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+---
+title: Release notes of the 4.1.2 version of `TFEL`, `MFront` and `MTest`
+author: Thomas Helfer
+date: 2024
+lang: en-EN
+numbersections: true
+documentclass: article
+from: markdown+tex_math_single_backslash
+geometry:
+  - margin=2cm
+papersize: a4
+link-citations: true
+colorlinks: true
+figPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+tblPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+secPrefixTemplate: "$$i$$"
+eqnPrefixTemplate: "($$i$$)"
+---
+
+# Issues fixed
+
+## Issue 514: [material-properties] add try/catch blocks in interfaces for the C family (fortran, C, Cast3M)
+
+For more details, see <https://github.com/thelfer/tfel/issues/514.
diff --git a/mfront/include/MFront/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.hxx b/mfront/include/MFront/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.hxx
index daacfdd95..25dec6f62 100644
--- a/mfront/include/MFront/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.hxx
+++ b/mfront/include/MFront/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.hxx
@@ -245,7 +245,36 @@ namespace mfront {
                                       const MaterialPropertyDescription&,
                                       const std::string_view,
                                       const bool) const;
-
+    /*!
+     * \brief write the `try` statement before the material property body
+     * \param[out] os:  output file stream
+     */
+    virtual void writeCxxTryBlock(std::ostream&) const;
+    /*!
+     * \brief write catch blocks before the material property body
+     * \param[out] os:  output file stream
+     * \param[in]  mpd: material property description
+     * \param[in] floating_point_type: floating-point type
+     * \param[in] use_qt: use quantities
+     */
+    virtual void writeCxxCatchBlock(std::ostream&,
+                                    const MaterialPropertyDescription&,
+                                    const std::string_view,
+                                    const bool) const;
+    /*!
+     * \brief write catch blocks before the material property body
+     * \param[out] os:  output file stream
+     * \param[in] msh: code returning the error message (a string must be escaped)
+     * \param[in] mpd: material property description
+     * \param[in] floating_point_type: floating-point type
+     * \param[in] use_qt: use quantities
+     */
+    virtual void returnInvalidValue(std::ostream&,
+                                    std::string_view,
+                                    const MaterialPropertyDescription&,
+                                    const std::string_view,
+                                    const bool) const;
+    //
     virtual std::string getCallingConvention() const;
     /*!
      * \return the name used to generate the symbols associated with the
@@ -270,7 +299,7 @@ namespace mfront {
     virtual void writeSrcFile(const MaterialPropertyDescription&,
                               const FileDescription&) const;
 
-  };  // end of MfrontCMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase
+    };  // end of MfrontCMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase
 
 }  // end of namespace mfront
 
diff --git a/mfront/src/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.cxx b/mfront/src/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.cxx
index 44ae33ff3..414a385a0 100644
--- a/mfront/src/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.cxx
+++ b/mfront/src/CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase.cxx
@@ -566,24 +566,27 @@ namespace mfront {
          << "errno=0;\n"
          << "#endif /* MFRONT_NOERRNO_HANDLING */\n";
     }
-    os << mpd.output.type << " " << mpd.output.name << ";\n"
-       << mpd.f.body << "\n";
-    if (!mpd.inputs.empty()) {
-      os << "#ifndef MFRONT_NOERRNO_HANDLING\n";
-      // can't use std::swap here as errno might be a macro
-      os << "const auto mfront_errno = errno;\n"
-         << "errno = mfront_errno_old;\n";
-      if (use_qt) {
-        os << "if((mfront_errno != 0)||"
-           << "(!tfel::math::ieee754::isfinite(" << mpd.output.name
-           << ".getValue()))){\n";
-      } else {
-        os << "if((mfront_errno != 0)||"
-           << "(!tfel::math::ieee754::isfinite(" << mpd.output.name << "))){\n";
-      }
-      this->writeCErrorTreatment(os, mpd, floating_point_type, use_qt);
-      os << "}\n"
-         << "#endif /* MFRONT_NOERRNO_HANDLING */\n";
+
+  os << "auto " << mpd.output.name << " = " << mpd.output.type << "{};\n";
+  this->writeCxxTryBlock(os);
+  os << mpd.f.body << "\n";
+  this->writeCxxCatchBlock(os, mpd, floating_point_type, use_qt);
+  if (!mpd.inputs.empty()) {
+    os << "#ifndef MFRONT_NOERRNO_HANDLING\n";
+    // can't use std::swap here as errno might be a macro
+    os << "const auto mfront_errno = errno;\n"
+       << "errno = mfront_errno_old;\n";
+    if (use_qt) {
+      os << "if((mfront_errno != 0)||"
+         << "(!tfel::math::ieee754::isfinite(" << mpd.output.name
+         << ".getValue()))){\n";
+    } else {
+      os << "if((mfront_errno != 0)||"
+         << "(!tfel::math::ieee754::isfinite(" << mpd.output.name << "))){\n";
+    }
+    this->writeCErrorTreatment(os, mpd, floating_point_type, use_qt);
+    os << "}\n"
+       << "#endif /* MFRONT_NOERRNO_HANDLING */\n";
     }
     if ((useQuantities(mpd)) && (!use_qt)) {
       os << "return " << mpd.output.name << ".getValue();\n";
@@ -612,22 +615,49 @@ namespace mfront {
     os << "return 0;\n";
   }  // end of writeMaterialPropertyCheckBoundsBody
 
+  void CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase::writeCxxTryBlock(
+      std::ostream& os) const {
+    os << "try{\n";
+  }  // end of writeCxxCatchBlock
+
+  void CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase::writeCxxCatchBlock(
+      std::ostream& os,
+      const MaterialPropertyDescription& mpd,
+      const std::string_view floating_point_type,
+      const bool use_qt) const {
+    os << "} catch(std::exception&){\n";
+    this->returnInvalidValue(os, "e.what()", mpd, floating_point_type, use_qt);
+    os << "} catch(...){\n";
+    this->returnInvalidValue(os, "\"unsupported C++ exception\"", mpd,
+                             floating_point_type, use_qt);
+    os << "}\n";
+  }  // end of writeCxxCatchBlock
+
   void CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase::writeCErrorTreatment(
       std::ostream& os,
       const MaterialPropertyDescription& mpd,
       const std::string_view floating_point_type,
       const bool use_qt) const {
+    const auto* msg = "\"invalid call to a C function (errno is not null)\"";
+    this->returnInvalidValue(os, msg, mpd, floating_point_type, use_qt);
+  }  // end of writeCErrorTreatment
+
+  void CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase::returnInvalidValue(
+      std::ostream& os,
+      std::string_view,
+      const MaterialPropertyDescription& mpd,
+      const std::string_view floating_point_type,
+      const bool use_qt) const {
     os << "return ";
     if (use_qt) {
       os << getOutputType(mpd, std::string{floating_point_type}, true) << "{";
     }
-    os << "std::nan(\"" << this->getFunctionName(mpd)
-       << ": invalid call to a C function (errno is not null)\")";
+    os << "std::nan(\"\")";
     if (use_qt) {
       os << "}";
     }
     os << ";\n";
-  }  // end of writeCErrorTreatment
+  }  // end of returnInvalidValue
 
   CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase::~CMaterialPropertyInterfaceBase() = default;