Bischheim No. 1
Results: 6 records
view of font and cover
Scene Description: the modern font in this church
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bischheim_Temple10.JPG] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church exterior - west view
Scene Description: the 13thC (?) bell tower semi-hidden on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nicolas Target, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 September 2011 by Nicolas Target [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Eglise_protestante_Notre-Seigneur_Jesus-Christ.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2018]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: saddle roof on the 13thC (?) bell tower
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2011
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 August 2011 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bischheim_Temple06.jpg] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bischheim_Temple10.JPG] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hammann, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph taken 15 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/69/Bischheim_Temple12.JPG] [accessed 16 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
Font ID: 02928BIS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century [Enlart], Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église protestante Notre Seigneur Jésus Christ
Church Patron Saint(s): Jesus Christ
Church Notes: originally 13thC church; present church chiefly 18thC with 13thC tower; listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084621]
Church Address: 27 rue Nationale, 67800 Bischheim, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 33 00 42
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand-Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the NNE outskirts of Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Notes:
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Listed by Enlart (1902) among a group of 12th century footless tub-shaped fonts ornamented with a blind arcade. The present font in this church is not the one noted in Enlart, but a moden font consisting of a plain hemispherical basin on a round splaying pedestal and a quadrangular plinth.It has a wooden dome cover with a Latin-cross finial. [NB: we have no information on the whereabouts of the medieval font listed in Enlart].
COORDINATES
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.6121, 7.7835
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 36′ 55″ N, 7° 45′ 22″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Exterior Shape: round
REFERENCES
- Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 772, footnote 2