Strasbourg No. 5
Image copyright © dierk schaeffer, 2009
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Results: 12 records
Apostle or saint - St. John the Baptist? St. Peter?
![[unconfirmed identification]](/static-50478a99ec6f36a15d6234548c59f63da52304e5/compressed/1180219010_compressed.png)
Scene Description: [unconfirmed identification]
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StPierreJeuneP39.JPG] [accessed 19 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
design element - architectural - window - Gothic - heart-shaped - 8
Scene Description: one on each side of the octagonal basin
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © dierk schaeffer, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 October 2009 by dierk schaeffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_and_Gothic_revival_stained_glass_windows_inside_Saint-Pierre-le-jeune_de_Strasbourg.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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design element - motifs - tracery
Scene Description: inside the window motif
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © dierk schaeffer, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 October 2009 by dierk schaeffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_and_Gothic_revival_stained_glass_windows_inside_Saint-Pierre-le-jeune_de_Strasbourg.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of church exterior - cloister - capital
Scene Description: most of the work in the present cloister is modern; this capital is from the early period
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © [in the public domain]
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 December 2011 by Tangopaso [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Four_heads_columm_of_the_cloister_of_St-Pierre-le-Jeune_protestant.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: PD-self
view of church exterior - south portal
Scene Description: 19thC neo-Gothic
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Tilman2007, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken by Tilman2007 in 2009 (?) [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Straßburg_Jung_St._Peter_2009-005.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - south view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Robert Cutts, 2010
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograh taken 2 April 2010 by Robert Cutts [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Église_protestante_Saint_Pierre_le_Jeune_(Strasbourg).jpg] [accessed 19 Fbruary 2018]
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view of church interior - crypt
Scene Description: Source caption: "Crypte avec tombe (VIIIe)."
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2012
Image Source: digital photograph [edited] taken 29 July 2012 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StPierreJeuneP112.JPG] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking east
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2015 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Straßburg_St._Pierre-le-Jeune_Innen_Langhaus_Ost_6.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of church interior - nave - looking west
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Zairon, 2015
Image Source: digital photograph taken 17 May 2015 by Zairon [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Straßburg_St._Pierre-le-Jeune_Innen_Langhaus_West_2.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © dierk schaeffer, 2009
Image Source: edited detail of a digital photograph taken 10 October 2009 by dierk schaeffer [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Baptismal_font_and_Gothic_revival_stained_glass_windows_inside_Saint-Pierre-le-jeune_de_Strasbourg.jpg] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of font and cover in context
Scene Description: Source caption: "Chapelle de la Trinité avec fonts baptismaux du XVe".
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:St-PierreJeune_09.JPG] [accessed 19 February 2018]
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view of font cover - detail
Scene Description: the finial of the font cover against the neo-Gothic background of the Chapelle de la Trinité -- the finial may be John the Baptist or, given the garments, Peter
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2010
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 October 2010 by Ralph Hammann [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StPierreJeuneP39.JPG] [accessed 19 February 2018]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-4.0
INFORMATION
FontID: 08839STR
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise Lutheriénne Saint-Pierre le Jeune
Church Patron Saints: St. Peter
Church Location: 3 rue de la Nuée-Bleue / place Saint-Pierre-le-Jeune, 67000 Strasbourg, France -- Tel.: +33 3 88 32 41 61
Country Name: France
Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: In downtown Strasbourg, S of the Canal by Quai Schopflin
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèese de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Alsace
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, in the Chapelle de la Trinité
Century and Period: 14th - 15th century, Late Gothic
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Montserrat Estela, of Barcelona, Spain, for bringing this font to our attention
Church Notes: earliest remains may belong to a 7thC church dedicated to St. Columban; cloister in 11th-14thC; 14thC church listed in Mérimée [ref.: PA00085030]
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of the 14th-15th century, in Gothic style. The octagonal basin has a large heart-shaped Gothic window on each side, with tracery within it; the underbowl is chamfered and has a tracery motif on each side; the base is octagonal, a series of graded mouldings splaying out at the bottom. There is a wooden crown-shaped octagonal cover with a raised centre part topped with a figural finial [John the Baptist?]. Both font and cover are painted in bright colours, the font with a predominance of blue, ochre and yellow, while the cover is mostly red and gold.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 48.585556, 7.746389
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 48° 35′ 8″ N, 7° 44′ 47″ E
UTM: 32U 407550 5382144
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Number of Pieces: two?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
LID INFORMATION
Date: unknown
Material: wood
Apparatus: yes
Notes: [cf. font notes]