Strasbourg No. 1

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Results: 17 records

view of font and cover

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI
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view of font

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Velvet, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 September 2012 by Velvet [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_cath_baptistere.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of basin - detail

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI
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view of basin and cover

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI
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design element - patterns - tracery

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Pascal Terjan, 2007
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 7 August 2007 by Pascal Terjan [www.flickr.com/photos/cmoi/1116471011/] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of church exterior - apse

Source caption: "Romanischer Chorabschluss des Straßburger Münsters / Romanesque chevet of Strasbourg Cathedral"
Scene Description: Source caption: "Romanischer Chorabschluss des Straßburger Münsters / Romanesque chevet of Strasbourg Cathedral"
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roland Burckel, 2013
Image Source: digital photograph taken 4 September 2013 by Roland Burckel [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Chevet_roman_de_la_cathédrale_de_Strasbourg.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of church exterior - west façade

the west view of the cathedral and its square from rue Mercière
Scene Description: the west view of the cathedral and its square from rue Mercière
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Iliff, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 8 February 2014 by Diliff [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_Cathedral_Exterior_-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of church exterior in context - southwest view

Source caption [summary]: "Woodcut [...] View of Strasbourg in France, around 1490. Drawn around 1490, published in 1493." [NB: "Argentorate" and "Argentoratum" were the old Latin names for Strasburg]
Scene Description: Source caption [summary]: "Woodcut [...] View of Strasbourg in France, around 1490. Drawn around 1490, published in 1493." [NB: "Argentorate" and "Argentoratum" were the old Latin names for Strasburg]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: Woodcut from Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik (Nuremberg Chronicle, Nuremberg 1493), fol. cxxxix verso and cxl recto.
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view of church exterior - west façade

west view and interior plan
Scene Description: west view and interior plan
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: engraving in Pierers Universal-Lexikon, 1891 [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StrassburgMuenster.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of font and cover in context

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Baptisteria Sacra Index, 2023
Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI
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view of font in context

Font image
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view of font in context

admitedly, not much of a view
Scene Description: admitedly, not much of a view
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Source caption: "Strasbourg Cathedral, as viewed from the rear looking down the central isle. The isle is not actually central to the pillars however, so in effect the view is slightly left of the true centre of the Cathedral."
Scene Description: Source caption: "Strasbourg Cathedral, as viewed from the rear looking down the central isle. The isle is not actually central to the pillars however, so in effect the view is slightly left of the true centre of the Cathedral."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © David Iliff, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 8 February 2014 by Diliff [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_Cathedral_nave_looking_east-_Diliff.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east

Font image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: 1617 engraving depicting the inside of Strasbourg Cathedral in 1617. Published by Isaak Brun. Sheet measures 20 3/16 x 14 1/4 in. (51.2 x 36.2 cm) [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Interior_of_Strasbourg_Cathedral.jpg] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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view of font cover

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)

view of font base

the later font of the 18thC (?)
Scene Description: the later font of the 18thC (?)
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Image Source: digital image of a photograph taken 12 August 2002 by BSI
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inscription

two of them: Roman numerals on the left; Gothic lettering on the front
Scene Description: two of them: Roman numerals on the left; Gothic lettering on the front
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Velvet, 2012
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 September 2012 by Velvet [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Strasbourg_cath_baptistere.JPG] [accessed 23 December 2014]
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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02554STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2002-08-12
Font Date: 1453
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid), Late Gothic
Workshop/Group/Artisan: Master Jodoque [aka Jost, Josse]
Church / Chapel Name: Cathédrale Notre-Dame
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the N arm of the transept
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Mary
Church Notes: original cathedral built 4th-5thC on different site; original building here late-7thC by St. Argobast; re-built 778; destroyed by fire 873, 1002, 1007, 1176; present building is 1176–1439 -- Corblet mentions another font, a modern one [19th century?], at the église St-Pierre [le Vieux?, le Jeune?], the work of M[onsieur]. Friederich, which portrays the baptism of Clovis (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 144-145)
Church Address: Place de la Cathédrale, 67000 Strasbourg, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 21 43 34
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: In the old town centre of Strasbourg; the W facade opens to the Place de la Cathédrale and faces rue Mercière
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Prince-Bishopric of Strasbourg / Bistum Strossburi / Fürstbistum Straßburg
Additional Comments: Flamboyant
Font Notes:
Corblet (1881-1882) informs that the font was the work of "Josse Dotzenger, de Worms, grand maître de la corporation des maçons de Strasbourg", and quotes the abbé Bourassé' s praise of the craftmanship "Si quelquefois, [...] on a employé avec justesse le mot d'orfrèvrerie en pierre pour indiquer le fini et le précieux du travail gothiqhe, c'est surtout pour ce baptistère qu'il peut être employé" [NB: the illustration in Corblet is labelled "Cathédrale de Strasbourg" but it is actually a drawing of the font from Eschau that is now [2002] at the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame in Strasbourg]. Enlart (1902) mentions a font at the cathedral of Strasbourg, octagonal and of Gothic style, but calls it the work of Jean Hammerer. Described and illustrated in Doré (2007), who notes that the date of the font appears twice [on two of the sides of the foot: once in Roman numerals, the second in Gothic script]. Doré (ibid.) spells the name of the artist as 'Jost Dotzinger'. "Wonderfully carved font by Jodoque Dotzinger, 1453" (France: a Phaidon Cultural Guide, 1985). Listed in Palissy (1993 / 1997) [ref.: PM67000361] as a baptismal font of pink sandstone dated 1453, the work of Jodoque Dotzinger.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 407871 5381707
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.581667, 7.750833
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 34′ 54″ N, 7° 45′ 3″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, sandstone (pinkish)
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

INSCRIPTION

Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: lower base
Inscription Text: 1. "m cccc liii" 2. [1453 in Gothic script]
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Source: Doré (2007)

REFERENCES

  • La grâce d'une cathédrale: Strasbourg, Strasbourg: La Nuée bleue, 2007, p. 266 and ill. on p. 263
  • Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 144 [wrong illustration]
  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 775 footnote 4
  • Phaidon, France: a Phaidon cultural guide, Englewood Cliffs NJ: Prentice-Hall, 1985, p. 708
  • Seminario Internazionale Politecnico di Milano 1994, Architettura del Tardogotico in Europa: atti del Seminario Internazionale Politecnico di Milano, 21, 22, e 23 febbraio 1994, Milano: Angelo Guerini e Associati, 1995, p. 128 and pl. 98