Espondeilhan / Espondelhan

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INFORMATION
FontID: 03524ESP
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Church Patron Saints: St. Mary the Virgin
Church Location: 24290 Espondeilhan, France
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located 4 km N of Bassan, 15 km W of Pézenas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Béziers
Historical Region: Béziers Méditerranée
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 9th - 10th century, Early Romanesque
Church Notes: [pre-?]Romanesque church. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103448]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle"
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
A font here is described in Corblet (1881-1882) as table-shaped and made of white marble font in the 9th or 10th century; the outer surfaces are plain and smooth whereas the inner surfaces are "creusées dans tout le pourtour de rayures verticales et parallèles." Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM34000214]: "Réservoir elliptique orné de stries parallèles, creusé dans un bloc de marbre blanc de forme cubique [...] Milieu du Moyen Age [...] Epoque romane."
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
43.436498,
3.257561
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
43° 26′ 11.39″ N,
3° 15′ 27.22″ E
UTM: 31T 520844 4809321
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: rectangular
Basin Interior Shape: oval
Basin Exterior Shape: rectangular
Basin Depth: 50 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 90 cm**
Trapezoidal Basin: 90 x 105 cm**
Notes on Measurements: * Corblet (1881-1882, v. 2: 128) -- ** Palissy [ref.: PM34000214]
REFERENCES
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882