Oberwald

Image copyright © Natasha Hathaway, 2014

Image and permission received (e-mail of 22 May 2012)

Results: 6 records

view of church exterior - northwest view

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Peter Berger, 2006

Image Source: digital photograph taken 30 September 2006 by Peter Berger [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OberwaldVS2.JPG] [accessed 25 April 2014]

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view of church exterior - south view

Scene Description: the stone structure on the [right] east side is the 'Lawinenschutzkeil' [anti-avalanche dike]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martingarten, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Martingarten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorfkirche_Oberwald_03.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]

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view of church exterior in context - east view

Scene Description: the stone wall in the foreground is the 'Lawinenschutzkeil' [anti-avalanche dike]

Copyright Statement: Image copyright © Martingarten, 2010

Image Source: digital photograph taken 29 August 2010 by Martingarten [http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Dorfkirche_Oberwald_01.jpg] [accessed 25 April 2014]

Copyright Instructions: CC-BY-SA-3.0

view of font

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)

view of font and cover in context

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)

view of font 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: 19186OBE
Church/Chapel: Dorfkirche Heilig Kreuz / Eglise paroissiale Sainte-Croix
Church Patron Saints: The Holy Cross
Church Location: 3999 Oberwald, Valais, Switzerland
Country Name: Switzerland
Location: Valais
Directions to Site: Located in the municipality of Obergoms
Ecclesiastic Region: Diocèse de Sion
Font Location in Church: Inside the church, W end, N side
Century and Period: 17th - 18th century,
Credit and Acknowledgements: We are grateful to Natasha Hathaway for her photographs and measurements of this font
Baptismal font of limestone (?) consisting of an octagonal basin with a rounded underbowl decorated with ribbed pattern, raised on a round baluster-shaped pedestal base decorated with mouldings and foliage motifs, and a triangular [three arms] lower base decorated with scroll and foliage motifs. The font cover is a Baroque exhuberance similar to the one at nearby Niederwald: the lower volume has a Biblical scene [Pentecost?] under a cartouche with the text of Matthew 28, 19; next up is a scene of the Baptism of Christ under the radian dove of the Holy Ghost, the four columns on the sides torsaded by vines bearing fruit and topped by cherub heads, and another cartouche bearing an inscription, this one Matthew 3, 17; the finial is a seated figure of God the Father.

COORDINATES

Church Latitude & Longitude Decimal: 46.53454, 8.34842
Church Latitude & Longitude DMS: 46° 32′ 4.34″ N, 8° 20′ 54.31″ E
UTM: 32T 450035 5153648

MEDIUM AND MEASUREMENTS

Material: stone, limestone (?)
Font Shape: octagonal (mounted)
Basin Interior Shape: round
Basin Exterior Shape: octagonal
Font Height (less Plinth): 108 cm*
Notes on Measurements: * Natasha Hathaway (e-mail to BSI -- 30 May 2012)