Neuwiller-les-Saverne No. 1 / Neovilla / Neovillare / Neuviller-lès-Saverne / Neuwiller-lès-Saverne / Novumvillare
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view of church exterior - west façade
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église abbatiale Saints-Pierre et Paul [...] Massif occidental (XVIIIe)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuwiller_StPierre-Paul_099.JPG] [accessed 30 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - northwest view
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Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 26 June 2015 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuwiller_StPierre-Paul_095.JPG] [accessed 30 May 2017]
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view of church exterior - east view
![Source caption: "Église abbatiale Saints-Pierre et Paul [...] Vue sur le chevet et les absides semi-circulaires à deux niveaux, correspondant aux chapelles Ste-Catherine (bas) et St-Sébastien (haut)."](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1170530017_compressed.png)
Scene Description: Source caption: "Église abbatiale Saints-Pierre et Paul [...] Vue sur le chevet et les absides semi-circulaires à deux niveaux, correspondant aux chapelles Ste-Catherine (bas) et St-Sébastien (haut)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2015
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 31 July 2013 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Neuwiller_StPierre-Paul_140.JPG] [accessed 30 May 2017]
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view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI
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design element - architectural - arcade - blind - round arches - double arches
Scene Description: without centre support
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view of basin - interior
Scene Description: the modern metal frame supports the present baptismal dish
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view of basin - detail
Scene Description: [cf. Font notes]
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Image Source: digital image of photograph taken 10 August 2002 by BSI
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view of church exterior - south view - detail
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal
Scene Description: 12th-13thC? Portal opens into the north transept
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - tympanum
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - detail
Scene Description: capital on the east side
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - detail
Scene Description: capitals on the east side
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - detail
Scene Description: atlante of the east side
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - detail
Scene Description: on the west side
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view of church exterior - north side - transept - portal - detail
Scene Description: atlante on the west side
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view of church exterior - south view - transept - portal
Scene Description: 12thC? -- opening into the south transept
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view of church exterior - south view - transept - portal - detail
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view of church interior - sarcophagus
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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view of church interior - sarcophagus
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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view of church interior - sarcophagus - detail
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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view of church interior - sarcophagus
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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view of church interior - sarcophagus
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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view of church interior - sarcophagus
Scene Description: replica of the 12thC sarcophagus made for bishop Adeloch; the original [Palissy ref.: PM67000550] is at the church of Saint-Thomas, Strasbourg
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information
Scene Description: plaque by the replica of Adeloch's sarcophagus
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view of font and cover in context
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animal - mammal - lion - protome - with prey - human prey
Scene Description: a human head peers out from the mouth of the lion
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cleric - monk - bearded - hooded
Scene Description: bust or protome-like, similar to to the other two figures around the base; the pleated cape-like part is very similar to the one worn by the female-head figure
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animal - fabulous animal or monster - protome - wearing headdress - with prey - human prey
Scene Description: bust of a lion with a human female head were a pleated cape-like head-dress; a human head agape caught in its body
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 00335NEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2002-08-10
Font Date: ca. 1200?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th - 13th century [basin only], Medieval [composite]
Church / Chapel Name: Église [ancienne abbatiale] paroissiale Saint-Pierre-et-Saint-Paul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in a N side chapel
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Notes: original abbey church here ca. 723
Church Address: rue du Général-Koenig, 67330 Neuwiller-lès-Saverne, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Neuwiller-lès-Saverne is 14 kms N of Saverne, in the canton de Bouxwiller, about 60 kms NW of Strasbourg,
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Vosges du Nord, Alsace
Additional Comments: painted font (traces remain)
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Cahiers d'archéologie d'Alsace, VII (1935-1938). Corblet (1881-1882) mentions a font in "Nueviller, Alsace" but he attributes it to the "ép[oque]. ogiv[ale]." Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin (1999) includes the church but does not mention this font. Noted and illustrated in Braun (2010), who dates the font to the late-12th or early-13th century, and notes that the three sculpted figures were the original rests of the basin, the two-step plinth added at a later date. Listed in Palissy [ref.: PM67000196 and IM67014350] with date ca. 1200:
"Fonts baptismaux datables autour de 1200. L'arrière-train des 3 figures qui supportaient la cuve, primitivement dégagé, a été caché par la maçonnerie ajoutée à la base de la cuve et par deux degrés placés sur le pourtour, rénovations qui pourraient remonter à la campagne de travaux menée par l'architecte Boeswilwald. Le récipient interne est plus récent, le couvercle moderne." On-site notes: baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin decorated with a well-rendered blind arcade of double-curve arches on the sides; it is raised on a two-step plinth [cf. supra], the upper step opened to accommodate three protomes/busts which adorn the lower part of the font [cf. supra]: 1)hooded and bearded male figure, perhaps a monk; 2)a seated lion holds a human head in its mouth; 3)an animal-looking figure holding a human head between its legs [NB: Braun (ibid.) identifies it a fabulous creature, the animal body complemented with a female head, its hair combed, a veil with pleats hanging down on the sides in pleats; the head it holds in its legs is human and has an open mouth. This is a finely executed work.
"Fonts baptismaux datables autour de 1200. L'arrière-train des 3 figures qui supportaient la cuve, primitivement dégagé, a été caché par la maçonnerie ajoutée à la base de la cuve et par deux degrés placés sur le pourtour, rénovations qui pourraient remonter à la campagne de travaux menée par l'architecte Boeswilwald. Le récipient interne est plus récent, le couvercle moderne." On-site notes: baptismal font consisting of a cylindrical basin decorated with a well-rendered blind arcade of double-curve arches on the sides; it is raised on a two-step plinth [cf. supra], the upper step opened to accommodate three protomes/busts which adorn the lower part of the font [cf. supra]: 1)hooded and bearded male figure, perhaps a monk; 2)a seated lion holds a human head in its mouth; 3)an animal-looking figure holding a human head between its legs [NB: Braun (ibid.) identifies it a fabulous creature, the animal body complemented with a female head, its hair combed, a veil with pleats hanging down on the sides in pleats; the head it holds in its legs is human and has an open mouth. This is a finely executed work.
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 382969 5409074
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.823611, 7.405556
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 49′ 25″ N, 7° 24′ 20″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Font Shape: cylindrical, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage System: centre hole in basin
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 120 cm*
Basin Depth: 55 cm*
Basin Total Height: 94 cm*
Font Height (with Plinth): 122 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Palissy [ref.: IM67014350]
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
REFERENCES
- Cahiers d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Alsace, 5, 1927-1929, pp. 144-145; VII (1935-38), pl. LV
- Braun, Suzanne, Alsace romane, Dijon: Faton, 2010, p. 64, 68
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 144
- Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 681-682