Espalion / Espaliu / Perse / Perses / Persia

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Scene Description: plaque outside the church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of basin - upper view

Scene Description: the shallow interior basin with an off-centre hole at the back is somewhat odd for an early font;

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - corbel

Scene Description: some of the many corbels found in this church

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2017 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espalion_église_Perse_modillons_(6).jpg] [accessed 30 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Scene Description: and a niche with statuette

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2017 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espalion_église_Perse_modillons_(2).jpg] [accessed 30 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - corbel

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2017 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espalion_église_Perse_modillons_(8).jpg] [accessed 30 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - east view

Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 17 July 2017 by Tournasol7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_of_Perse_in_Espalion_06.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - gargoyle

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - south portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - south portal - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - south portal - tympanum

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - south transept

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - south view

Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 July 2017 by Tournasol7 [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chapel_of_Perse_in_Espalion_01.jpg] [accessed 29 May 2019]

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view of church exterior - southwest view

Scene Description: the bell cote is above the transept

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church exterior - west portal - detail

Scene Description: Adoration of the Magi scene in the upper left [north] corner above the portal

Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 June 2017 by Père Igor [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Espalion_église_Perse_portail_reliefs_(1).jpg] [accessed 30 May 2019]

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view of church interior - ceiling - detail

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church interior - looking east

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of church interior - plaque

Scene Description: with Latin inscription; it is now located on one of the walls inside the south transept

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font and stoup in context

Scene Description: the font and stoup are located to the right [east] of the south transept entranceway; there is a main south entranceway as well

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font is located to the right [east] of the south transept entranceway; there is a main south entranceway as well

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

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view of font in context

Scene Description: the font is located to the right [east] of the south transept entranceway; there is a main south entranceway as well

Image Source: digital photograph taken 8 May 2019 by Mikel Unanue

Copyright Instructions: image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 28 May 2019)

INFORMATION

FontID: 22181ESP

Church/Chapel: Eglise Paroissiale [anciennement priorale]Saint-Hilarian-Sainte-Foy de Perse [aka Chapelle de Perse]

Church Patron Saints: St. Hilary of Poitiers & St. Faith

Church Location: 19 Chemin de Perses, 12500 Espalion, France

Country Name: France

Location: Aveyron, Occitanie

Directions to Site: Espalion is located off the D920, ESE of Estaing; the church itself is located SE of the town centre, on the Chemin de Perses, off the D406 [aka Av. de la Gare]

Historical Region: Rouergue

Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the S transept

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Mikel Unanue for his photographs of this church and font

Church Notes: documented in 1060 as the church of the Perse monastery but it must have existed much earlier; it served the outer community as parish church until the 18thC -- listed in Mérimée [ref. PA00094015]: " Eglise romane dont la reconstruction remonterait au 11e siècle, mais dont la fondation serait bien antérieure selon la tradition. L'église est largement sculptée, à l'extérieur comme à l'intérieur. L'intérieur conserve des restes de peinture."

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There are two objects of our interest in this church, both located inside the secondary entrance into the south transept; one, attached to the south wall to the west of the doorway, is shaped like the half of an oval, not quite round, the straight side attached to the wall; the base is shaped similarly; the inner basin is quite shallow, totally inadequate for immersion baptism, although it obviously had been used as a font; there are a number of metal plugs in the upper rim, obviously anchoring points for an early cover; there is a small drain hole, again not quite were one would expect it, but off-centre, towards the back. No cover present. It is unlikely that a font -if that is wjat it is- like this would have been the medieval baptismal font of this impressive church. The second object of interest, also located inside the south transept, against the south side of the first pillar inside the entranceway, appears to be a monlithic holy-water stoup; the basin is polygonal on the outside, eroded and badly damaged, round on the inside; the pedestal base is also polygonal, with a roll moulding towards the top.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 44.5177, 2.77121

Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 44° 31′ 3.72″ N, 2° 46′ 16.36″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone

Font Shape: round (mounted)

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Drainage Notes: no lining