Meistratzheim No. 1 / Maistersheim / Meistratz

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INFORMATION

Font ID: 02929MEI
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century, Romanesque
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-André dite chapelle du cimetière
Font Location in Church: [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Andrew?
Church Notes: church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00084788]
Church Address: rue de l'Eglise, 67210 Meistratzheim, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located near Andlau, between Obernai and Erstein in the canton d'Obernai, arrondissement de Sélestat-Erstein
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Additional Comments: disappeared font?
Font Notes:
Listed by Enlart (1902) among a group of 12th century footless tub-shaped fonts ornamented with a blind arcade [NB: there appears to be no mention of this object in the 'Inventaire général, 1980' or in the Mérimée/Palissy database [checked February 2011]]

COORDINATES

UTM: 32U 392329 5367280
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.447347, 7.541009
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 26′ 50.45″ N, 7° 32′ 27.63″ E

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: tub-shaped
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round

REFERENCES

  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902
  • Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902, p. 772, footnote 1