Basel No. 1 / Bâle / Bale / Basilea / Basilia / Basle

Image copyright © Esteve García Antoñana, 2017
Image and permission received from the author (e-mail of 15 November 2017)
Results: 21 records
B01: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - angel holding clothes
B02: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan
B03: New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container
B04: Apostle or saint - St. Lawrence - with grill in the right hand - with book in the left hand
B05: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. James the Great - holding staff - wearing pilgrim garb
B06: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Paul
B07: Apostle or saint - Apostles - St. Peter
B08: Apostle or saint - St. Martin - sharing his cape
New Testament - public life of Christ - baptism of Christ - in the Jordan - John the Baptist holding water container - angel holding clothes
design element - motifs - foliage
design element - motifs - quatrefoil - 8
design element - motifs - tracery
design element - motifs - vine
human figure - male - seated - 4
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
Copyright Instructions: Standing permission
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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
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 3 October 2012)
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INFORMATION
FontID: 03874BAS
Church/Chapel: Basler Münster
Church Location: Münsterpl. 9, 4051 Basel, Switzerland -- Tel.: +41 61 272 91 57
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Basel Stadt
Directions to Site: Located in Münsterplatz, on the S bank of the Rhine
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: 1465
Century and Period: 15th century (mid), Gothic
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
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)
Font Notes: Click to view font notes
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.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal:
47.556667,
7.592222
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS:
47° 33′ 24″ N,
7° 35′ 32″ E
UTM: 32T 394090 5267988
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material:
stone, unknown
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Notes: [cf. FontNotes]
Inscription Location: on three sides of the lower base
Inscription Text: "M / CCCC / CXV"
LID INFORMATION
Date: 17th century?
Material:
wood,
REFERENCES
Corblet, Jules, Histoire dogmatique, liturgique et archéologique du sacrement de baptême, Paris: V. Palme, 1881-1882
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