Crespin
INFORMATION
Font ID: 03033CRE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Cognate Fonts: Bruay-sur-l'Escaut
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale
Site Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Crespin is located in the municipality and about 10 km NE of Valenciennes, off the A12/E19 (dir. Mons/Bergen). Other such font nearby at Bruay-sur-l'Escaut.
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Cambrai
Historical Region: Artois Picarde
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings.
COORDINATES
UTM: 31U 547008 5585715
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 50.421577, 3.661732
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 50° 25′ 17.68″ N, 3° 39′ 42.23″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 3