Strasbourg no. 2 / Eschau

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B1R01: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Last Supper

Scene Description: first half of the scene

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B1R02: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Last Supper

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B1R03: New Testament - Passion of Christ - arrest of Christ

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B1R04: New Testament - Passion of Christ - Deposition

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B1R05: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - the holy women (the three Maries) on their way to or at the tomb, to anoint Christ's body - angel announces Christ's Resurrection

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B1R06: unidentified

Scene Description: [missing scene -- missing fragment]

Image Source: Photographed in August 2002

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B1R07: unidentified

Scene Description: [missing scene -- missing fragment]

Image Source: Photographed in August 2002

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B1R08: New Testament - events from Resurrection to Pentecost - Pentecost - the apostles, inspired by the Holy Ghost, address the representatives of the nations - Glossolalia

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R01: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R02: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Nativity

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R03: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Joseph's Sorrow and First Dream

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R04: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Annunciation to the shepherds

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R05: New Testament - Childhood and youth of Christ - Presentation of the Christ-child in the temple

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R06: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ

showing the heads and lower bodies of the attendants, the water of the Jordan and, presumably, the lower body of John the Baptist to the right

Scene Description: showing the heads and lower bodies of the attendants, the water of the Jordan and, presumably, the lower body of John the Baptist to the right

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R07: New Testament - Passion of Christ - entry into Jerusalem

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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B2R08: design element - architectural - building - New Jerusalem?

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showing the three Maries and the angel at the empty tomb in the upper register, and the Presentation in the Temple in the lower register

Scene Description: showing the three Maries and the angel at the empty tomb in the upper register, and the Presentation in the Temple in the lower register

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

Scene Description: showing missing fragments to the right of and below the scene of the Three Maries at the empty tomb

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

Scene Description: showing the Last Supper on the upper register and the Nativity on the lower register

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

Scene Description: showing the Pentecost scene at the top and the New Jerusalem (?) below it

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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Scene Description: another missing fragment between the Pentecost scene and the Last Supper

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

showing a partial view of the Last Supper on the upper register, and the Nativity, Joseph's dream and part of the Annunciation to the Shepherds on the lower register

Scene Description: showing a partial view of the Last Supper on the upper register, and the Nativity, Joseph's dream and part of the Annunciation to the Shepherds on the lower register

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font in context

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

Scene Description: showing the large missing fragment

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of font

Image Source: [source not recorded -- probably an illustration in the Cahiers d'archéologie. Alsace (1927-29), vol. V, fig. 112]]

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view of basin - interior

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church exterior - cloister - capital - detail

Scene Description: from the original mid-12thC cloister at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: capital showing a detail of the Baptism of Christ

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: capital showing the full Baptism of Christ scene

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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Scene Description: capital with the Magi before Herod

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: capital showing the Annunciation scene [the figure on the left belongs to the Nativity scene on the same capital]

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of church interior - detail

Scene Description: capital showing the Nativity scene [the right-hand image belongs to the Annunciation scene]

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Scene Description: capital with the Annunciation to the Shepherds

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the Three Maries and the Angel at the empty tomb

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing the heads of the Apostles and the rays of the Holy Ghost in the Pentecost scene

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing a partial view of Christ on the ass and a reclining figure on the right -

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of basin - detail

Scene Description: showing Joseph in his dream

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of basin

Scene Description: showing the Pentecost scene at the top, the New Jerusalem (?) in the middle, and the Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem at the bottom

Image Source: BSI - Photographed August 2002

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view of stoup

Scene Description: originally from the destroyed church at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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view of stoup

Scene Description: originally from the destroyed church at Eschau, moved to the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg

Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI

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Scene Description: the Adeloch sarcophage [cf. Font notes]

Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 August 2010 by Ji-Elle [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Sarcophage_d%27Adeloch.JPG]

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 00255STR

Object Type: Baptismal Font1

Date Visited: 2002-08-12

Font Date: ca. 1130? / 1160?

Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (late?), Late Romanesque

Workshop/Group/Artisan: Mosan font

Museum: Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, Inv. # MOND 369 [NB: the number "11607" appears on the arms of the cross in the Crucifixion scene]

Church / Chapel Name: [originally from the Église Saint-Trôphime, in Eschau]

Font Location in Church: [in a museum]

Church Patron Saint(s): St. Trophimus of Arles [aka Thrôphime, Trophemus, Trófimo]

Previous Font Location(s): Eglise Saint-Trôphime, in Eschau

Church Notes: Mérimée [ref.: IA00023089] lists the original church at Eschau as late-10thC, the apse mid-11thC and the cloitser mid-12C; the church was destroyed in 1298 and the cloister capitals moved to Strasbourg, now in the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame

Church Address: One of the fonts in the Musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg (3 place du Chateau, tel. 88 52 50 00, open daily)

Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe

Directions to Site: Eschau is located SW of Strasbourg; the font is in the MOND in Strasbourg

Font Notes: Click to view

Corblet [1881-1882] describes a font, now "au Musée", but originally "ayant appartenu à l'église d'Eschau", as having almost perpendicular sides and two registers of ornamentation; Corblet dates this font to the 10th century and describes the scenes included as: the Annunciation to the Virgin, the Nativity, the Annunciation to the shepherds, the Presentation at the church, the Triumphal Entrance in Jerusalem, the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Descent from the cross, the Three Marys at the tomb, a mutilated scene, and the Descent of the Holy Ghost. Enlart (1902) puts it in a group of "cuves circulaires sans pied", describes its ornamentation as "scènes de la vie du Christ" and dates to the 12th or 13th century. Described and illustrated in Braun (2010), who informs that the font was badly damaged by bombs in 1870; Braun (ibid.) suggests a date after 1160 for the font and remarks on the similarity between the arches that support the Pentecost scene here and those on the Adeloch sarchophage [i.e., 12th-century, from the church of Saint-Thomas, of Strasbourg, also in the Musée de l'Oeuvre...]. A full dossier on the font, its particulars and bibliography can be found in Florent Ostheimer [MOND 369 Cuve baptismale.pdf] [accessed 24 September 2019], among which details: "12e siècle (3e quart) [...] Cuve baptismale circulaire, peut-être sans pieds à l'origine (étant donné sa hauteur). Registre inférieur : l'Annonciation, la Nativité, l'Annonce aux bergers, Présentation au temple, Baptême du Christ, Entrée à Jérusalem. Registre supérieur: la Sainte Cène, Arrestation du Christ, Déposition de croix, les Saintes femmes au tombeau, la Descente aux limbes (scène manque mais est plausible), la Pentecôte."

On-site notes: one of the baptismal fonts now [2002] displayed in the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, though originally from the Église Saint-Trôphime, in Eschau; what remains are a number of fragments that have been mounted on a cylindrical shell, matching the shape of the original font. The program was divided into two registers: the UPPER REGISTER included: the Last Supper, the Arrest of Christ, the Deposition, the Three Maries at the Tomb, a completely disappeared scene, and the Holy Ghost flames on the Apostles' heads in Pentecost; the LOWER REGISTER had [starting exactly below the Last Supper]: the Annunciation to Mary with flowering shrub, the Nativity with Mary resting her hand on the Child, Joseph's First Dream, the Annunciation to the Shepherds, the Presentation in the Temple, the Baptism of Christ, Christ's Triumphal Entry into Jerusalem, an Heavenly Jerusalem (?). The museum records have the font dated to ca. 1130. [NB: this is the same font listed in this Index as "Eschau" which Enlart locates in the library and Corblet in the museum, although Corblet mentions a second figurative font in the "Musée" [to be resolved]]. Sketch from the Index of Christian Art [cited source: Cahiers d'archéologie d'Alsace, V, fig. 112, p. 202] [source: Cahiers d'archaeologie. Alsace, 1927-1929, vol. V, fig. 112, p. 202, in Index of Christian Art # 101212)]. [NB: Braun (ibid.) notes that a Romanesque object that has been listed as a holy-water stoup in this church [though the one in the church is a copy; the original one is at the Musée de l'Oeuvre...] is actually a piscine [="lavabo"]]

Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to the director and the staff of the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg, for their assistance during our visit to document this font

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (grey)

Number of Pieces: fragment

Font Shape: tub-shaped

Basin Interior Shape: round

Basin Exterior Shape: round

Rim Thickness: 12 - 13 cm*

Diameter (inside rim): 87 - 88 cm* / 86 cm**

Diameter (includes rim): 113 - 114 cm* / 112 cm**

Font Height (less Plinth): 87 cm*

Notes on Measurements: * BSI on-site [NB: measurements were taken from the reconstructed font] / ** Florent Ostheimer [cf. FontNotes]

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: Latin

Inscription Location: On a banner held by the angel of the Annunciation scene on the basin lower register

Inscription Text: "AVE-MARIA-GR[ati]A"

Inscription Notes: in abbreviation; probably part of the Annunciation message ["Ave Maria gratia plena...] [cf. detail of the Annunciation in Images area]

Inscription Source: [cf. FontNotes]

REFERENCES

Cahiers d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Alsace, 5, 1927-1929, pp. 144-145; vol. V, fig. 112, p. 202
Beyer, Victor, Catalogue de la sculpture médiévale au musée de l'Oeuvre Notre-Dame, 1990-1991, p. 12, no. 10
Braun, Suzanne, Alsace romane, Dijon: Faton, 2010
Caumont, Arcisse de, Cours d'Antiquités monumentales: Histoire de l'art dans l'Ouest de la France, depuis les temps les plus reculés jusqu'au XVII siècle: Sixième partie: Moyen Age: Fonts baptismaux. Autels. Tombeaux. Peinture sur verre. Fresques. Emaux. Boiseries, Paris: Chez Derage, 1841, VI, pl. LXXXVII, 3, 4
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2: 144-145
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 772, 779
Ficker, J., 1907, p. XII, fig. V, p. IX, 2abc
Forrier, Robert, "Les sculptures romanes de l'ancien cloître d'Eschau du XIIe siècle et les traces d'un fanum romain d'après les nouvelles découvertes", 1928-1929, n° 73-80, Cahiers d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Alsace, 1928-1929
Gherzo, Monica, "Fonts baptismaux d'époque romane en Alsace : un exemple d'approche archéologique du mobilier religieux", 2003, no. 6, Chantiers historiques en Alsace, 2003, pp. 9-22; p. 9-22
Gross, Joseph, Un haut lieu de l'art roman ottonien et de la Sagesse, ESCHAU. L'abbatiale Saint-Trophime et l'ancienne abbaye Sainte-Sophie, [Strasbourg?]: Edition du millénaire 996-1996, 1996, p. 34
Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.
Kraus, Franz Xaver, Kunst u. Altertum in Elsass-Lothringen, vol.2, Oberelsass, 1884, vol. 2: 58
Ostheimer, Florent, "MOND 369", 1994 / 2019
Rumpler, Marguerite, Art roman en Alsace, Strasbourg: Cahiers techniques de l'art, Édition le Tilleul, 1965, p. 46
Sieffert, A., "Les relations entre l'Alsace et le Languedoc au XIIe siècle. A propos de quelques sculptures romanes alsaciennes", 1954, Annuaire de la société historique et littéraire de Colmar, 1954
Will, Robert, "Les cuves baptismales d'époque romane en Alsace", 117, 595, Revue d'Alsace, 1990-1991, pp. 5-21, 29 ill.; p. 5-21
Will, Robert, Alsace romane, La Pierre-qui-Vire, Yonne: Zodiaque, 1970, p. 71
Will, Robert, Répertoire de la sculpture romane de l'Alsace, 1955, p. 17-18, n° 24, IV
Woltmann, A., Geschichte der deutsche Kunst im Elsass, 1876, p. 6