Crespin

INFORMATION

FontID: 03033CRE

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale

Country Name: France

Location: Nord, Hauts-de-France

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

Cognate Fonts: Bruay-sur-l'Escaut

Font Notes: Click to view

Listed by Enlart (1902) in a group of octagonal fonts ornamented with mouldings.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 50.421577, 3.661732

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 50° 25′ 17.68″ N, 3° 39′ 42.23″ E

UTM: 31U 547008 5585715

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