Eguisheim No. 2 / Eguishem

INFORMATION

FontID: 03087EGU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Pierre et Saint-Paul
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter & St. Paul
Church Location: 15 Pl. de l'Église, 68420 Eguisheim, France
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located about 5 kms SW of Colmar, in the canton Wintzenheim, arrondissement Colmar, about 15 km from the German border
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 16th century, Renaissance
Font Notes:
Described by Enlart (1902) as a Renaissance octagonal font. Corblet (1881-1882), who gives the name of the place as "Equisham", suggests the date as the 16th century and recounts that, according to a false popular tradition [="selon une fausse tradition populaire"], this is the font in which the holy pope Leo IX was baptised in 1002.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.043611, 7.306667
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 2′ 37″ N, 7° 18′ 24″ E
UTM: 32U 373793 5322535

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, type unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal

REFERENCES

Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
Enlart, Camille, Manuel d'archéologie française depuis les temps mérovingiens jusqu'à la Renaissance, Paris: Alphonse Picard & fils, 1902