Basel No. 1 / Bâle / Bale / Basilea / Basilia / Basle
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B01: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - angel holding clothes
![the first of three panels [L->R]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1130501011_compressed.png)
Scene Description: the first of three panels [L->R]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 October 2012)
B02: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
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Scene Description: the second of three panels [L->R]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
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B03: New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container
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Scene Description: the third of three panels [L->R]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
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B04: Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with grill in the right hand - with book in the left hand
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
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B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - holding staff - wearing pilgrim garb
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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B06: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
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B07: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter
Scene Description: only partially visible here on the extreme right panel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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B08: Apostle or saint - St. Martin - sharing his cape
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2017)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2017)
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph 15 October 2017 by Esteve García Antoñana
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Scene Description: showing St. Martin on the left panel, the angel of the Baptism scene on the right
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Colum Hourihane, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 2 April 2005 by Colum Hourihane
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Scene Description: showing the Baptism of Christ in the three arches
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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Scene Description: the font, with its cover, in its setting inside the temple
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Image Source: Corblet (1881: v. 2, p. 153)
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design element - motifs - vine
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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New Testament - Public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container - angel holding clothes
Scene Description: over three sides here
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: showing the end of the date, two of the figures, the tracery, etc.
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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human figure - male - seated - 4
Scene Description: two of them shown here, as well as part of the date of the font
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Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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inscription
Scene Description: showing the intial 'M' of the date, three of the figures (one decapitated), and the tracery decoration
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta
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design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Juan Antonio Olañeta, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 14 August 2009 by Juan Antonio Olañeta [www.claustro.com]
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INFORMATION
Font ID: 03874BAS
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1465
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th century (mid), Gothic
Church / Chapel Name: Basler Münster
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Notes: The cathedral was consecrated in 1019; some parts date from the 12th century with major 14th- and 15th-century rebuildings -- disappeared font? (the one from the original church here)
Church Address: Münsterpl. 9, 4051 Basel, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 61 272 91 57
Site Location: Basel Stadt, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in Münsterplatz, on the S bank of the Rhine
Font Notes:
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Described in Lasteyrie (1926-1927) as an octagonal font dated to 1465; three of the basin panels are occupied with a scene of the baptism of Christ; the other five panels contain the figures of St. Lawrence, St. James, St. Peter, St. Paul and St. Martin. At the upper rim side, a beautiful band of foliage ornamentation. The upper part of the base is octagonal and has a quatrefoil on each side; the lower part of the base splays to meet the sides of the square lower base; on the sides is the date of the font in Gothic lettering; at the angles of the square are reclining figures; Lasteyrie (ibid.) describes the font as being "du gothique un peu bâtard." The whole is raised on a wider octagonal plinth. The font cover, a plain pyramidal (octagonal) shape ending in a knob finial, is said to be of interest as well.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Juan Antonio Olañeta, of www.claustro.com, to Colum Hourihane, of the Index of Christian Art, and to Esteve García Antoñana for their images of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 394090 5267988
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 47.556667, 7.592222
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 47° 33′ 24″ N, 7° 35′ 32″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: on three sides of the lower base
Inscription Text: "M / CCCC / CXV"
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material: wood
REFERENCES
- Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882, vol. 2, p. 153
- Lasteyrie du Saillant, Robert Charles, conte de, Architecture réligieuse en France à l'époque gothique (éd. posthume par Marcel Aubert)[2 vols.], Paris: A. Picard, 1926-1927, vol. 2, p. 511-512