Ernen / Aernen / Aragnon / Arengnon /
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Scene Description: the metal holy-water reservoir next to it
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
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Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roland Zumbühl, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 10 July 2003 by Roland Zumbühl [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Pfarrkirche_St.Georg_in_Ernen.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2014]
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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
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19173ERN
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th - 18th century, Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Pfarrkirche St.Georg in Ernen
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): St. George
Church Notes: present church is early-16thC, built on the site of a 11thC church of Lombardic type
Church Address: 3995 Ernen, Valais, Switzerland
Site Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 19, near Binn and the Bawald forest
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Additional Comments: disappeared font? (the one from the 11thC church here)
Font Notes:
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Baptismal font of dark limestone or marble consisting of a round basin with an octagonal upper rim, decorated with ball-in-socket and ribbed patter all around; raised on a baluster-shaped stem and a round moulded lower base; the stem has fluting, foliage and bead motifs on it. The font cover is a grand painted and gilded Baroque affair in three levels plus finial; rim-buffet type, with doors opening for access to the water inside.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photographs and measurements of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 434659 5138843
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: round, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: round
Font Height (less Plinth): 127 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)
LID INFORMATION
Date: Baroque?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]