Marsillargues / Marsilhargues

INFORMATION

FontID: 19099MAR
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Sauveur
Church Patron Saints: Jesus Christ
Church Location: 34590 Marsillargues, France
Country Name: France
Location: Hérault, Occitanie
Directions to Site: Located on the D34 [aka Bvd. Victor Hugo and Bvd. Emile Zola], near Lunel and the departmental broder with Gard, ENE of Montpellier
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Béziers [Diocèse de Nîmes]
Historical Region: Pays de Lunel -- Petite Camargue
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th century,
Church Notes: church originally Romanesque
The present baptismal font here is a 17th-century vessel in white marble; it consists of a basin with the double-basin arrangement on the inside, the outside decorated with the common arrangement of godrons and cherub heads, raised on a round baluster pedestal base decorated with flat godrons, on a square lower base. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM34000356]: "fonts baptismaux [...] marbre (blanc) [...] La vasque divisée en trois compartiments (piscine, réserve d'eau baptismale, coffret des saintes huiles) est ornée extérieurement de godrons plats et de quatre têtes d'anges en relief. Le support, en forme de balustre sur un socle carré, est également orné de godrons plats. [...] 17e siècle". [NB: we have no information on the font of the original Romanesque church here].

COORDINATES

UTM: 31T 595048 4835330

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, marble (white)
Font Shape: oval (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: oval
Drainage Notes: probabl drain in one of the two basins
Diameter (includes rim): 105 cm*
Font Height (less Plinth): 124 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: PM34000356]