Kleingoeft / Kleingœft / St-Alban de Betbur
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Scene Description: the former parish church of Kleingoeft, now serving as chapel of the cimetière de Betbur
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 April 2014 by Ralph Hamman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleingoeft_ChStAlban_02.JPG] [accessed 6 December 2016]
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view of church exterior - southwest view
Scene Description: the former parish church of Kleingoeft, now serving as chapel of the cimetière de Betbur
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Ralph Hamman, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 April 2014 by Ralph Hamman [https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Kleingoeft_ChStAlban_01.JPG] [accessed 6 December 2016]
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human figure - male - holding club
Scene Description: perhaps a warrior [cf. Font notes] ***NB: THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS IMAGE AS PART OF THE KLEINGOEFT FONT COULD BE AN ERROR IN THE SOURCE***
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Jacques Hampé, 2010
Image Source: detail of a colour photograph by Jacques Hampé in Braun (2010)
Copyright Instructions: PERMISSION NOT AVAILABLE -- IMAGE NOT FOR PUBLIC USE
INFORMATION
Font ID: 17243KLE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Date Visited: 2002-08-12
Font Date: ca. 1160?
Font Century and Period/Style: 12th century (mid?) [fragment], Romanesque
Museum: Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg
Church / Chapel Name: Église paroissiale Saint-Alban, actuellement chapelle de cimetière de Betbur à Kleingoeft
Font Location in Church: In a museum [cf. FontNotes]
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Alban [aka Albanus]
Church Address: 67440 Kleingoeft, France
Site Location: Bas-Rhin, Grand Est, France, Europe
Directions to Site: Located in the canton Marmoutier, and to the E of Marmoutier itself, arrondissement Saverne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Strasbourg
Historical Region: Région de Saverne
Additional Comments: damaged font / disused font / in a museum
Font Notes:
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Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin (1999, v. 1, p. 650), informs that "des fragments de cette cuve baptismale monolothique ont été découverts dans le choeur de la chapelle de Betbur, lors de travaux réalisés en 1916"; these fragments, together with others which had been found as part of the cemetery wall, were then brought together and "cette cuve baptismale, reconstituée, est déposée au Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame à Strasbourg." In the Patrimoine de France database [N° notice : IA67007575 / Inventaire général, 1997] [http://www.patrimoine-de-france.org/oeuvres/richesses-1-214-3450-M135662-9260.html], with location now in the Musée de l'Oeuvre de Notre-Dame, Strasbourg: "Des fragments de fonts baptismaux ont été découverts au début du 20e siècle et remontés au musée de l' Oeuvre Notre-Dame à Strasbourg : ils peuvent être également datés du 12e siècle." Described and illustrated in Braun (2010), who dates it ca. 1160. The fragment is actually a large part of the cylindrical basin; there is an arcade of round arches on columns with well-defined capitals and bases; in one of the arches, a standing human figure carries an object [a club of some sort?] of which we can only see the long handle [***NB: THE IDENTIFICATION OF THIS IMAGE COULD BE AN ERROR IN THE SOURCE***]. The present baptismal font in the church, a hexagonal one of the early-18th century with a wooden cover, is inventoried in the Palissy database [ref. no. IM67011123]: "Fonts baptismaux datés 1805, provenant de l' ancienne chapelle. Ils s' inspirent dans leur forme et leur décor de fonts du 17e siècle [...] Pied et cuve de plan hexagonal. Sur la cuve cartouche avec la date. Couvercle en chêne."
COORDINATES
UTM: 32U 385885 5394853
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 48.696268, 7.449211
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 48° 41′ 46.57″ N, 7° 26′ 57.16″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, sandstone
Number of Pieces: fragment
Font Shape: cylindrical, unmounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Drainage Notes: no lining
Diameter (includes rim): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Le Patrimoine... Bas-Rhin (1999: vol. 1: 650)
REFERENCES
- Le Patrimoine des communes du Bas-Rhin, Charenton-le-Pont: FLOHIC, 1999, vol. 1: 650
- Braun, Suzanne, Alsace romane, Dijon: Faton, 2010, p. 106, 109