Strasbourg no. 3

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02556STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 11th - 12th century, Romanesque
Museum: Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg
Church / Chapel Name: orig. from Bischeim?
Church Address: [NB: address & coordinates given for the museum] 3 Pl. du Château, 67000 Strasbourg, France -- Tel.: +33 3 68 98 50 00
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: At the Oeuvre de Notre-Dame museum, Strasbourg, which houses at least one other, figural, font.
Font Notes:
Baptismal font with a band of Norman-looking vegetal motif at the upper rim; below, a set of six (?) round arches, with processional croses under them (Cahiers d'archéologie d'Alsace, VII, pl. XII, 2). This could be the font identified by Corblet as coming originally from the parish church of Bischeim (Corblet, 1881-1882, v. 2, p. 145).

COORDINATES

Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.580898, 7.751378
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 34′ 51″ N, 7° 45′ 5″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone
Number of Pieces: one

REFERENCES

  • Cahiers d'Archéologie et d'Histoire d'Alsace, 5, 1927-1929, pp. 144-145; VII, pl. XII, 2
  • Index of Medieval Art, The Index of Medieval Art, Index of Christian Art, Princeton, [s.d.]. URL: https://theindex.princeton.edu/.