Turckheim / Türkheim

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B01: design element - patterns - ribbed
BIS01: design element - patterns - concave
INFORMATION
FontID: 17244TUR
Object Type: Stoup
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Anne
Church Patron Saints: St. Anne
Country Name: France
Location: Haut-Rhin, Grand Est
Directions to Site: Located W of Colmar, in the canton Wintzenheim, arrondissement Colmar [Coordinates: 48° 5′ 14″ N, 7° 16′ 52″ E 48.087222, 7.281111 -- UTM 32U 371997 5327424]
Font Location in Church: In the porch
Century and Period: 13th - 15th century, Medieval
Font Notes:
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Noted and illustrated in Braun (2010) as a holy-water stoup wall-mounted in the porch; the object is roughly hemispherical in shape, but multi-lobed inside and out, the lobes corresponding to the ribs on the sides. [NB: we have no information on the baptismal font of this church]
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: hemispheric (wall mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: multi-lobed
Basin Exterior Shape: multi-lobed