Niederwald / Niderwaud
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Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
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view of font and cover
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inscription
Scene Description: upper rim, left-hand side
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Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
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design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: appears to be laid onto the stone, not part of it
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014
Image Source: digital photograph taken 13 January 2006 by Natasha Hathaway
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view of church exterior - west porch
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Berger, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2006 by Peter Berger [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NiederwaldVS!.JPG] [accessed 25 April 2014]
Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0
view of church exterior in context
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Egon Schmidt, 2004
Image Source: digital photograph taken 21 August 2004 by Egon Schmidt [http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Datei:Niederwald_wiki.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of church interior - chancel
Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Berger, 2006
Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2006 by Peter Berger [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NiederwaldVS3.JPG] [accessed 25 April 2014]
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view of font cover - detail
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)
design element - motifs - foliage
Scene Description: at 90-degree angles on the upper surface of the square lower base; stylised
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
Font ID: 19183NIE
Object Type: Baptismal Font1
Font Date: 1671
Font Century and Period/Style: 17th century(late), Baroque
Church / Chapel Name: Église Saint-Théodule / Pfarrkirche St. Theodul
Font Location in Church: Inside the church
Church Patron Saint(s): Theodore [aka Théodore d'Octodure / Théodule du Valais]
Church Notes: church documented 1464; present church said to be 1666, consecrated 1678
Church Address: 3989 Niederwald, Valais, Switzerland
Site Location: Valais, Switzerland, Europe
Directions to Site: Located off road 19, 4-5 km SW of Goms, about 30 km SW of Andermatt, about 60 km S of Lucerne
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Historical Region: Vallée de Conches / Goms
Font Notes:
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Orgues et vitraux [www.orgues-et-vitraux.ch/default.asp/2-0-2791-11-6-1/] [accessed 25 April 2014] notes: "Le baptistère date de 1671 et a été créé dans l'atelier Lagger de Reckingen, village voisin." Baptsmal font of limestone (?) consisting of a goblet-shaped octgonal basin with a rounded underbowl decorated with painted and gilded foliage motifs, which appaer to be laid onto the stone, not part of it; round baluster-shaped pedestal base and a square lower base decorated with incised stylised foliage motifs set at 90-degree angles. There is an inscription in Roman numerals incised in the upper rim of the basin [date?]. Baroque font cover; appears to be painted and gilded wood; lower part has large niche with Biblical scene in it; above, in a sort of canopy supported on four columns, a Baptism of Christ scene; the upper part includes a Holy Spirit dove in a radiant circle and an inscription with baptismal text in Latin, surrounded by gilded and painted scrolls and cherub heads. Cover similar to the one at nearby Oberwald.
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photographs and measurements of this font
COORDINATES
UTM: 32T 437720 5142779
Latitude & Longitude (Decimal): 46.43571, 8.18929
Latitude & Longitude (DMS): 46° 26′ 8.56″ N, 8° 11′ 21.44″ E
MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS
Material: stone, limestone (?)
Font Shape: chalice-shaped, octagonal, mounted
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 103 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)
INSCRIPTION
Inscription Language: numbers
Inscription Location: Roman numerals incised in one side of the upper rim
Inscription Text: [1671?]
LID INFORMATION
Date: Baroque
Apparatus: no
Notes: [cf. FontNotes]