Espondeilhan / Espondelhan
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view of church exterior - south portal
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espondeilhan_N.D._des_Pins_Portail.JPG] [accessed 20 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - southwest end
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fagairolles 34, 2007
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view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fagairolles 34, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espondeilhan_N.D._Pins_chevet.JPG] [accessed 20 February 2014]
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Fagairolles 34, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph taken 3 July 2007 by Fagairolles 34 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espondeilhan_N.D._Pins_mur_meridional.JPG] [accessed 20 February 2014]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03524ESP
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 9th - 10th century, Early Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Notre-Dame-des-Pins
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: [pre-?]Romanesque church. Listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103448]: "11e siècle ; 12e siècle"
Church Address: 24290 Espondeilhan, France
Site Location: Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located 4 km N of Bassan, 15 km W of Pézenas
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Béziers
Historical Region: Béziers Méditerranée
Font Notes:
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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
UTM: 31T 520844 4809321
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.436498, 3.257561
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 26′ 11.39″ N, 3° 15′ 27.22″ E
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, vol. 2, p. 128