Serignan
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Malcolm J. Watkins, 2006
Image Source: Image courtesy & copyright © Malcolm J. Watkins, 2006 [www.heritagematters.co.uk]
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 August 2006)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 12059SER
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 18th century
Church / Chapel Name: Église collégiale Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Serignan
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, Chapelle Saint-Jacques
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary the Virgin
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00103723]: "L'église date du 13e siècle pour la nef et du début du 14e siècle pour le choeur"
Church Address: 34410 Sérignan, France -- Tel.: +33 4 67 32 12 43
Site Location: Hérault, Occitanie, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off the D64, about 8 km SE of Béziers
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Montpellier
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 13thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Hexagonal baptismal font consisting of a rather shallow basin with a large protruding upper level, then chamfered and plain, raised on a broad plain stem, hexagonal as well; slightly widening at the lower base. Could be monolithic. The inner well of the basin is hexagonal as well and it -now- has a metal basin insert. There are marks at the angles of the upper rim surface, perhaps of an anchoring for a cover? One of the sides of the upper rim is damaged. Is it 18th- century? There is a medieval capital now used as holy-water stoup in the interior of this church [https://pop.culture.gouv.fr/notice/memoire/APMH0089735] [accessed 28 June 2025]
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Malcolm Watkins for the photograph of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 31T 523067 4792148
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 43.2818, 3.28431
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 43° 16′ 54.48″ N, 3° 17′ 3.52″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone
Font Shape: hexagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: hexagonal
Basin Exterior Shape: hexagonal
Drainage Notes: metal basin insert
LID INFORMATION
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