Binn / Bìi / Bondolun / Buen / Bun / Buyn

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Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012

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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012

view of font cover

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 10 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 30 June 2012

INFORMATION

FontID: 19171BIN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Michel
Church Patron Saints: St. Michael
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Valais
Directions to Site: Located in the Binntal / Vallée de Binn, Alpes lépontines
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Date: ca. 1670?
Century and Period: 17th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photograph and measurements of this font
Church Notes: church originally 1670
Font Notes:
Stone baptismal font probably of the period of the church itself, ca. 1670; it consists of a roughly hemispherical basin with an octagonal upper end, raised on a baluster pedestal base and a round-to-octagonal lower base; the upper part of the basin is decorated with varied floral/foliage motifs, while the underbowl bears a ribbed pattern; the stem has mouldings at both ends and large leaves all around; the lower base is plain. The cover of the font is a riot of shapes and colours; the cover proper is a octagonal on the sides and domed on the top; the carved (?) finial turns into the support of a canopy topped with scroll-wrok and a radiant sun.

COORDINATES

UTM: 32T 437183 5135112

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, granite?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 115 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)

LID INFORMATION

Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]