Leuk / Loèche-Ville
Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
Results: 5 records
view of font
Scene Description: [cf. FontNotes]
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 22 May 2012)
view of church exterior - north view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Berger, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 26 May 2006 by Peter Berger [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:StefanskircheLeuk.JPG] [accessed 21 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior - tower - north side
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Roland Zumbühl, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 6 May 2005 by Roland Zumbühl [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Picswiss_VS-69-19.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Scene Description: the church is visible on the left-hand side of the image
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Nesti-stuedi, 2005
Image Source: digital photograph taken 9 September 2005 by Nesti-stuedi [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ansicht_Leuk.jpg] [accessed 21 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font and cover in context
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 22 May 2012)
INFORMATION
Font ID: 19176LEU
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Century and Period/Style: 15th - 16th century/ 20th century (?), Late Gothic? / Modern?
Church / Chapel Name: St.Stephanskirche / Église paroissiale de Saint Stéphane
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, by the W staircase
Church Patron Saint(s): St. Stephen
Church Notes: original church here said to be 6th-7thC; replaced by larger buildings in 9thC, 11thC and 12thC, of which part of the tower remains; present church is mainly late 15thC, consecrated in 1594 [source: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz [www.hls-dhs-dss.ch/textes/f/F2720.php] [accessed 21 April 2014]]
Church Address: 3953 Leuk, Valais, Switzerland
Site Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off (N) the E62
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Additional Comments: disappeared fonts? (the ones from the early churches here [cf. ChurchNotes])
Font Notes:
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The present font appears modern [unless it has been re-tooled and whitewashed], a plain octagonal monolithic basin taring towards the base in a curve. The wooden cover, of the rim-buffet type, is modern; it is very tall and consists of three volumes, octagonal with carved sides the first two, a truncated octagonal pyramid atop with a floriated cross finial; the cover has a Latin inscription around the upper side of the lower volume.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photographs and measurements of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 394911 5130208
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.3173, 7.635
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 19′ 2.28″ N, 7° 38′ 6″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone
Font Shape: octagonal, unmounted
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 94 cm*
LID INFORMATION
Date: modern
Material: wood
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]