Naters
Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
Results: 6 records
design element - motifs - foliage
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
design element - patterns - ribbed
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
view of church exterior - southeast view
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Joel.schmid, 2009
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 March 2009 by Joel.schmid [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Kirche_Naters.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Summi, 2000
Image Source: digital photograph taken 11 May 2000 by Summi [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Naters_kirche.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of font
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: detail of a digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
view of font and cover
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
Copyright Instructions: Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
INFORMATION
FontID: 19182NAT
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Church/Chapel: Eglise paroissiale Saint-Mauritius / Pfarrkirche Hl. Mauritius
Church Patron Saints: St. Maurice [aka Maur, Mauritius, Moritz, Morris]
Church Location: Beinhausweg, 3904 Naters, Valais, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Valais
Directions to Site: Located off road 19
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photograph and measurements of this font
Church Notes: original church said to be ca. 1018; present church built ca. 1650
Font Notes:
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The present baptismal font is made of a dark limestone (?) and consists of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl decorated with ribbed pattern; raised on a round baluster-shaped pedestal base decorated with foliage. The cover is of the rim-buffet type, of two octagonal volumes; the lower volume has painted panels between ornate columns with capitals and bases, the cornices moulded; the upper volume is openwork, with the same arrangement of columns and cornices as below, with a Baptism of Christ scene inside; the finial is a gilded group of a pelican feeding its young from the blood of its breast; the whole resembles marble work but it is probably painted wood.
COORDINATES
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 19' 32.63" N, 7° 59' 15.58" E
UTM: 32T 421728 5129735
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone?
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 106 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)
LID INFORMATION
Material: wood?
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]